The first Japanese embassy to the United States of America, sent to Washington in 1860 as the first of the series of embassies specially sent abroad by the Tokugawa shogunate.

Compiled by C. Shibama.Diary of the first Japanese embassy to the United States, written by Muragaki Awaji-no-Kami, vice-ambassador, translation by Mr. Shigehiko Miyoshi.--The Japanese embassy, as seen by Lieut J.I. [!] Johnston, U.S.N.--News items, gleaned from American papers issued 60 years ago and collected in Japan.--Excerpts from later publications: The great Japanese embassy, by P. Du Bois.--Our first acquaintance with the Japanese, by Dr. F.J. Steiner.Mode of access: Internet