https://www.mallhistory.org/files/original/0c69dff7c05e45a8ba4757f433070a40.jpg e21febcd615e0a37889a40890373d41a Place Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.) Physical Description Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall. Granite sculpture approx. H. 10 ft. Diam 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. Location The location of the interview. Formerly located in Ueno Park, Japan, the sculpture now sits along the Tidal Basin. Type The nature or genre of the resource Statues and Sculpture Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Japanese Lantern Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011633824/">View Original</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/30/1954 (dedicated) 1651 (sculpted) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950-1979 Description An account of the resource The lantern was given to the people of the United States by the Governor of Tokyo in 1954 to mark the 100th anniversary of Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in Japan and the opening of trade between the two countries. It was installed amid the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/24">first cherry trees</a> planted along the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/430">Tidal Basin</a>. The lantern is lighted during the annual <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/480">Cherry Blossom Festival</a>. It is one of two lanterns created in 1651 to mark the death of a warlord named Tokugama Iemitsu. Both lanterns were formerly located at a temple in Tokyo's Ueno Park, where the twin remains today. design & monuments work & play