Japan, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Decima... Chatelain/Guedeville, 1720, Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon avec d'autres particularitez du Pays
Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon avec d'autres particularitez du Pays
1720
Image 14.6x16.6 inch (37,5x42,5cm)
Sheet 17.6x19.5 inch (45x50cm)
Beautifully engraved and fascinating folio sheet with five views and one plan surrounding a central panel of French text describing Meaco (modern day Kyoto, the home of the Dairi or Spiritual Emperor) and Yedo (modern day Tokyo, the home of the Koubo or Secular Emperor). The plan depicts the Deshima, an artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki where the VOC (Dutch East India Company) was allowed to trade with the representatives of the Shogun in Edo (Tokyo). On the views we also see Osaka, the temple outside Osaka and a Japanese Wedding. The large panorama on top is of Kyoto.
Published in 1720 in Amsterdam by Chatelain in his monumental ´Atlas Historique….´, volume V.
Very good condition. Thick paper.