ISSUE 91, RADISHES, Part 3: Pickled Radish: the Daikon comes to American

Pickled Radish: the Daikon comes to American

Commander Matthew Perry’s demand that Japan open its ports to the world in 1853 as four gunships anchored in Edo Bay ignited a curiosity about that country in the American public.  Artists accompanied Perry’s fleet, and logistics officers purchased Japanese goods and foodstuffs so a glut of information about t…