Katy Perry | Gospel of Matthew | Perry Mason | Matthew | Matthew Flinders | Perry Como | Rick Perry | Matthew McConaughey | Matthew Broderick | Perry Mason (TV series) | St Matthew Passion | Matthew Barney | Matthew Fox | Matthew Prior | Perry County, Missouri | Matthew Arnold | Oliver Hazard Perry | Matthew Sweet | Matthew Perry | Matthew C. Perry | Matthew the Apostle | Matthew Herbert | Luke Perry | John Perry Barlow | Tyler Perry | Perry | Matthew Prior (cricketer) | Matthew Wolfenden | Matthew Shipp | Matthew Pearl |
The book is a non-fiction historical biography about a young Japanese boy named Otokichi that eventually inspired Commodore Perry to open trade relations with Japan in 1854 and dramatically impacted modern Japanese history.
The island, which was sighted by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794 – 1858), was recorded as "Ichey Island" in the Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, published in 1856 by Francis L. Hawks.