Concert reenacts music played on Perry's black ship

Concert reenacts music played on Perry's black ship

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A concert is held in Yokohama west of Tokyo on March 27, 2014, reenacting the music played on Commodore Perry's black ship during its visit to Japan in 1853. The event was held to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of the Japan-U.S. Treaty of Peace and Amity that opened Japan to the rest of the world following its policy of seclusion.

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