THE PAIXHANS CANON AND THE ATOMIC BOMB
Detail from SKULLS CARS, GODS AND STARS showing that the two principle moments and quantum shifts in Japan's relations with the outside world. Both involving two men and two advanced weapons, Admiral Matthew C. Perry in 1853 with his Paixhans canon and Paul Tibbets jnr dropping the Atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima in 1945.