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LEIDEN : PIETER VAN DER AA
La Galerie agreable du monde ... Tome premier des Indes Orientales. Tome second des Indes Orientales. Japan & Païs d'Eso.
172940.0 x 6.0 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1021721
From 1641, Dutch merchants in Japan were confined to the tiny island of Deshima in Nagasaki Bay. They were only permitted to enter the mainland during their annual procession to pay homage to the shōgun, shown here.
