Antique Print of a Wedding Ceremony in Japan, ca.1824

About the Item

Isaac Titsingh, Bijzonderheden van Japan. Het huwelijksprotocol uitgebeeld. This print is from a work of Titsingh, who had a long and successful career in Asia. It shows the ceremonies for a wedding, how gifts are exchanged and seating positions. Titel of the book: Bijzonderheden over Japan: behelzende een verslag van de huwelijks plegtigheden, begrafenissen en feesten der Japanezen, de gedenkschriften der laatste Japansche Keizers en andere merkwaardigheden nepens dat Ryk. Uit het Engelsch, met gekleurde platen naar Japansche originelen Auteur Isaac Titsingh Uitgever De Wed. J. Allart, 1824 Isaac Titsingh (c. January 1745 – 2 February 1812) was a Dutch scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador. During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He represented the European trading company in exclusive official contact with Tokugawa Japan, traveling to Edo twice for audiences with the shogun and other high bakufu officials. He was the Dutch and VOC governor general in Chinsura, Bengal. Titsingh worked with his counterpart, Charles Cornwallis, who was governor general of the British East India Company. In 1795, Titsingh represented Dutch and VOC interests in China, where his reception at the court of the Qing Qianlong Emperor stood in contrast to the rebuff suffered by British diplomat George Macartney's mission in 1793, just prior to celebrations of Qianlong's sixty-year reign. In China, Titsingh effectively functioned as ambassador for his country at the same time as he represented the Dutch East India Company as a trade representative. Titel Bijzonderheden over Japan: behelzende een verslag van de huwelijks plegtigheden, begrafenissen en feesten der Japanezen, de gedenkschriften der laatste Japansche Keizers en andere merkwaardigheden nepens dat Ryk. Uit het Engelsch, met gekleurde platen naar Japansche originelen Volumes 1-2 van Bijzonderheden over Japan: behelzende een verslag van de huwelijks plegtigheden, begrafenissen en feesten der Japanezen, de gedenkschriften der laatste Japansche Keizers en andere merkwaardigheden nepens dat Ryk, Isaac Titsingh Auteur Isaac Titsingh Uitgever De Wed. J. Allart, 1824 The condition of the print is good. The paper is equally light brownish and there is one very small hole in the top left corner outside the image, hardly visible. The hand made paper has an interesting watermark : 'Cool & C 'with a small heart.

Dimensions:
Height: 9.65 in (24.5 cm)Width: 11.82 in (30 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.02 mm)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Period:
1820-1829
Date of Manufacture:
1824
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Langweer, NL
Reference Number:
Seller: BG-13133-131stDibs: LU3054326333522

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