Two Manuscript Letters Carefully Mounted On A Hanging Vertical Scroll 1350 X 650 Mm With Fabric

by Dejima Island

$12,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Dejima : 2 October 1806. Dejima or Deshima, lit. “island sticking out into Nagasaki Bay ” was a small artificial island built a short distance into the harbor of Nagasaki in order to provide warehouse and living facilities for the Portuguese and, later, the Dutch traders. Connected to the mainland by a small bridge, it enabled Japanese authorities to limit the foreigners’ access to the rest of the country, maintaining the Japan’s isolationist

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