The Voyage of Commodore Perry is a project by Daniel Fandino, a PhD candidate at Michigan State University specializing in the history of U.S. - Japan relations. His academic interests focus on the relationship between popular culture and technology.

The project emerged from work with the Lab for Education and Advancement of Digital Research (LEADR), the Cultural Heritage Informatics Fellowship at Michigan State, and has been supported by DH@MSU.

Photo is of the author at the Monument to the Landing of U.S. Navy Commodore Perry at Kurihama, Yokosuka, Japan.