• James Glynn, captain of the USS Preble, was the first American to negotiate successfully with Sakoku ("closed country") Japan, in 1848?

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• James Glynn, captain of the USS Preble, was the first American to negotiate successfully with Sakoku ("closed country") Japan, in 1848?
• Takashima Shūhan (pictured) was the first major proponent of Western firearms at the end of Japan's Seclusion period in the 19th century?
• the firearms of Japan (pictured) go back to the 13th century, but were almost totally abandoned for 200 years during Japan's Seclusion period?