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Painting: portrait of Philipp Franz von Siebold [1796-1864], in a elaborately carved wooden frame.
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Early photograph: Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius, the last "Opperhoofd" of Deshima [in office 1852-1860], posing before the camera.
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Official proclamation in Chinese on a wooden notice board, informing captains and crew of Chinese ships that importing any items related to Christianity is strictly forbidden.
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Handscroll, detail: below, two servants playing badminton. Upstairs: Dutchman and servant feeding a parrot, two large bottles on a chest, a dog, two Dutchmen, servant blowing a trumpet. Detail of the second quarter of "Deshima emaki", "Deshima scroll". An
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Blue-and-white bottle with Dutch figure design, inspired by Jingdezhen polychrome porcelain of the Qianlong period. Arita porcelain, early 19th century.
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Small toy animals covered with animal hair. Acquired by von Siebold in Japan.
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Woodblock multicolour print: "Kômôjin dôchû hayashi-hô gyôretsu no zu", "A Procession of Red-haired Men on their Way to the East". In the background a moat and a city, probably Edo. No publisher indicated. Nagasaki print.
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Fuse-lock pistol, decorated with floral patterns and with the trifoliate armorial emblem of the Tokugawa. An interesting example of the lack of development of (and interest in) the production of firearms in feudal Japan; in Europe pistols of this type had
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Map: a very large manuscript map of Japan, first half 17th century. Marked are the provinces, main cities and major routes. Already in 1603, Ieyasu had instructed the "daimyô" to make detailed maps of their domains; this map (scale approximately 1: 280,00
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Litho: "Komaki", von Siebold's servant Komaki, based on a drawing by C.H. de Villeneuve (*).
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Handscroll, detail: the large two-storied building on the western shore of Deshima: upstairs interior scene with two Dutchmen, servant blowing a trumpet, and monkey. On the street servants and two deer. Left half of the second quarter of "Deshima emaki",
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One of a pair of eightfold painted screens representing the world, its peoples and its major cities. The painting on this screen contains three main elements: (1) four pairs of mounted warriors engaged in combat, closely related to the "Fighting Rulers" s
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Painting: a European restraining a prancing horse, entitled "Yôjin chôba zu", "A Westerner Training a Horse", by Odano Naotake, late 18th century. Based on a copperplate print by the German artist Johann E. Ridinger, representing "a Danish horse", from th
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Square bottle of blue-and-white Arita-ware, with flower decoration of Chinese-type. The pewter lid was added in Holland. 17th century.
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A Japanese trade-pass, in which permission is given to all Dutch merchant vessels "to enter any bay, when they come to Japan"; they are exhorted "to continue coming and going". Dated August 24, 1609; addressed to Jacques Groenewegen.
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Black-and-white woodblock print: one of the main streets of central Edo with the Dutch hostel, marekd with the sign "Nagasaki-ya Kômo ryosha", "Nagasaki-ya, Travel Lodge of the Red-haired [Barbarians]". Book illustration from Tenmei Rôjin's "Kyôka Edo mei
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Bird's-eye view of Deshima, detail of the left-hand screen of a pair of painted screens showing the harbour and city of Nagasaki (*). This detail shows Deshima as it was in the last quarter of the 17th century, with in the foreground three Dutch ships. Th
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Copperplate etching: "Akitsu-shima", "The Island Akitsu". Map of Japan with on the sides four scenes copied from western examples. By Inoue Ky¡¦¡¦ signed "Heian Inoue Ky¡¦¡¦Tatsu kokusei". Printed in blue ink.
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Small Delft earthenware tureen with cover and two handles, painted in polychrome Imari style; Delft (De Grieksche A), c. 1710. Landscape and flower design. Shape and decoration are derived from a "kôro" (Japanese incense burner).
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Copperplate etching: "View Southward along the Sumida River". Bird's eye view of Edo, with in the far distance the peak of Mount Fuji. By Aôdô Denzen.
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Screen, detail: the procession of Portuguese led by the captain-major; in the upper right-hand corner the church compound. Late 16th, early 17th century. The right-hand screen of a pair of sixfold "namban" screens.
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Woodblock print, stencilled colours: <i>Kameel</i>. Two Arabian camels, led by two dark-skinned servants and preceded by a Dutchman holding a pipe. The text records the arrival of the camels in the year 1821 (by boat) and the measurements of the animals.
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"Netsuke": a standing Dutchman holding a horn. Hat and long coat. Ivory; c. 1800.
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"Namban" screen, detail: a procession of Portuguese and dark-skinned servants, one of them carrying rolls of textiles and tiger skin. The right-hand screen of a pair of sixfold "Namban" screens.
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