Subject: Kyoto, Japan
Period: 1680 (circa)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
31 x 11 inches
78.7 x 27.9 cm
A spectacular, panoramic view of Kyoto from the vantage point of a hillside estate in the foreground. The city was known by the name Miako by the Dutch, which means "the seat of the Imperial palace." The view was first published in Amsterdam in 1669 in Montanus’ chronicle of an early Dutch embassy to Japan. This is the French edition, published by Cornelius de Bruyn, with the addition of a French key at left. Printed on two joined sheets, as issued.
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Condition: A
Fine, sharp impression with a bit of minor soil.
