Japan: Courts and Culture: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

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Japan Through European Eyes

Early prints and books reveal how Japan was imagined during the country’s period of isolation.

Exhibition Objects

Nicholas de Larmessin I (1632-94)

Xogun, Empereur du Iapon

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

A New Mapp of y Empire of CHINA...Together w.th the adjacent Isles of Iapon or Niphon...

Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716)

The History of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire, of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings ... : together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam ; v. 1 / E. Kaempfer.

Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716)

The History of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire, of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings ... : together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam ; v. 2 / E. Kaempfer.

Leiden : Pieter van der Aa

La Galerie agreable du monde ... Tome premier des Indes Orientales. Tome second des Indes Orientales. Japan & Païs d'Eso.

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