{"product_id":"vedute-di-kyoto-e-nagasaki","title":"Views of Kyoto and Nagasaki","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottom centre, a fan of houses sits walled in by the sea: this is Dejima, the man-made island in Nagasaki that for more than two centuries was home to the only Europeans allowed to trade with Japan.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKyoto, the island of Dejima at Nagasaki and two views of Sakai on a single sheet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the large format it holds the wall of a study on its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for anyone who has been to Japan or wants to go.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was built between 1634 and 1636 for Portuguese merchants, and the story goes that the shogun Iemitsu showed its shape by opening his fan. Once the Portuguese had been expelled, the Dutch of the East India Company were moved here in 1641: about twenty men, linked to the city by a single guarded bridge. Once a year their chief travelled to Edo, today's Tokyo, to pay homage to the shogun. In 1691 the German physician Engelbert Kaempfer went with him, and the shogun Tsunayoshi wanted the Dutch to dance and sing for the court: Kaempfer sang too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is plate 56 of the fifth volume of the \u003cem\u003eAtlas Historique\u003c\/em\u003e, the seven-volume encyclopedia published in Amsterdam and attributed to Henri Abraham Châtelain: a copper engraving from 1719. At the top is a panorama of Meaco, from the Japanese miyako, “the capital”, as Europeans then called Kyoto; beside the text are two views of Sakai and two scenes, a wedding and the persecution of Christians. The view of Dejima is copied from a 1669 book by Arnoldus Montanus, a Dutch minister who never left Europe. The copy reproduced here is part of the David Rumsey Map Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove a shelf of travel books or in the study of someone who loves Japan, it is a gift for anyone who has been to Kyoto or wants to go. And down at the foot of the sheet, the fan of Dejima is still open on the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 40 x 60 cm (15.7 x 23.6 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: 42 x 62 cm (16.5 x 24.4 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55571910328661,"sku":"07YLRHFY33ICG","price":240.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/vedute-di-kyoto-e-nagasaki-principale.jpg?v=1793280210","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/views-of-kyoto-and-nagasaki-chatelain-print","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}