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7/22/2006 |
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View of the US Congress circa 1860
One American institution the Japanese found particularly perplexing was the United States Congress. Following a visit to Capitol Hill on May 23, Muragaki Norimasa wrote in his diary, "the scene in Congress we viewed today - we whispered among ourselves - resembled that of a fish market in Nihonbashi."
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