The city of Yedo or Edo (now Tokyo) [detail].
Creator
Date Created
1670
Identifier
Hocken Collections Bliss: Double Oversize - NO Atl
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Subject
Publisher
London : Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house.
Description
Between 1630 and 1830 Japan's borders were virtually closed to western visitors. The only Europeans allowed into Japan were the Dutch. Atlas Japannensis: being remarkable addresses by way of embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Emperor of Japan (1670) was based on the writings of Arnoldus Montanus (1625-83), a Dutch missionary. The map publisher John Ogilby "English'd, and Adorn'd" this large folio book, the earliest major work written on Japan. It contains over sixty black and white engravings and is packed with detail, including such subjects as murder in Japan, Japanese baths, Japanese tortures, wines and Whaling The engraving depicts the city of Yedo or Edo (now Tokyo). Dr Thomas Hocken visited Japan; his visit is noted on the title-page 'T.M. Hocken, Yokohama, March 1904.'
Contributor
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
Format
Intaglio prints
Engravings
Extent
420 mm
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Provenance
Donated by Thomas Morland Hocken.
Source
Atlas Japannensis : being remarkable addresses by way of embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Emperor of Japan ... / collected ... by Arnoldus Montanus (London : Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house, 1670), pp. 134-135 [detail].
Is Part Of
Atlas Japannensis.
Files
Collection
Citation
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676., “The city of Yedo or Edo (now Tokyo) [detail].,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 6, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/6039.