216 pp. Text in Japanese, printed on double-leaves of ricepaper. Illustrated with approx. 37 wood-engraved or lithographed illustrations; 4 maps, 2 of them folding. 10x7, wrappers sewn in the Japanese style, paper cover label.

Intriguing glimpse of the United States and Mexico through Japanese eyes, just two decades after the opening of Japan to the West by Matthew Perry. Among the many illustrations are depictions of Niagara Falls; ferry boats on the Mississippi, hydraulic mining in California; Native Americans of the Southwest; the U.S. Congress in session; the White House and the Capitol Building; Big Trees in California; a buffalo hunt; Mexico City; hunting walruses from a boat, etc.