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Woodblock print, detail: the lower left corner (northeast) of Deshima, with connecting bridge and garden with vegetable plots. From "Deshima Oranda yashiki kei", "The Dutch Residence on Deshima". Published by Toshimaya Bunjiemon, 1780. Nagasaki print.
Painting, detail: the bridge and entrance gate to Deshima; on the left rows of vegetable plots. Detail of a map of Deshima by Kawahara Keiga, c. 1830.
Painting: the workshop of an umbrella maker. A man is sitting in front of an opened umbrella, using a brush to paste strips on the unfinished object. A young boy attendant is mixing a substance; on the wall several brushes and closed umbrellas. Kawahara K
A tortoise comb with glass pane, on which the engraved picture of a Dutch ship; used by women as a decorative part of their elaborate coiffure. Early 20th century.
Title page: "Gronden der Starrenkunde, gelegd in het Zonnestelsel" (Amsterdam, 1771), the Dutch version of George Adams' treatise about the solar system, trsl. by Jacob Ploos van Amstel. Original title reads "Treatise Describing and Explaining the Constru
Woodblock monochrome print: "Oranda meichô", "Famous Birds from Holland". Ten different exotic birds with names and descriptions. Probably made as an advertisement for a firm in Osaka. Published by Yamato-ya, early 19th century. Nagasaki print.
Velvet chasuble, embroidered with plant and flower patterns in gold and various colours. Spanish, early 17th century, and acquired by Hasekura Tsunenaga during his visit to Mexico, Spain and Italy in 1613-1617.
Lacquer "maki-e" plate, decorated with a a coat of arms, surrounded by an elaborate floral rim. Made in Kyoto for export. Mid-17th century.
Engraving: the Kannon temple in Ôsaka, represented in a rather fanciful way. Left: the temple grounds with the main temple buildings: "Tempel van den Afgodt Kanon". Right: an image of the four-armed deity Kannon, rising from a giant fishes' mouth; on his
Copperplate print: "De Seile maaker", a sail-maker at work, with a moralistic poem. It has served as a model for a monochrome ink painting (*) by Shiba Kôkan.
Woodblock print map: "Shinkan Nagasaki dai ezu" "Newly published large pictorial map of Nagasaki". Ultra-wide view of entire bay, with ships, and mountains surrounding it; grid of streets; the Dutch factory of Deshima; the walled Chinese settlement, and t
Blue-and-white Arita-ware plate, decorated with a VOC emblem, and the (unexplained) initials "G" and "N". The simple decoration of flowers and branches is not inspired by Chinese motifs. 17th century.
Painted screen, detail: a group of Dutchmen and dark-skinned servants attending a ceremonial performed at the Suwa Shrine, Genroku period [1688-1703]; above their heads an awning decorated with inverted VOC monograms.
Painting: the arrival of a Dutch ship at Deshima; a rather imaginary view, perhaps produced for interior decoration.
Hand-coloured woodblock print map: probably the oldest surviving map of Nagasaki city and harbour, 1680. The map shows Dutch and Chinese ships entering the harbour; the Dutch and Chinese factories, and (in the cartouche) figures of foreigners. The early d
Woodblock print, coloured by hand: "Oranda-sen zusetsu", "Picture of a Dutch Ship, with Explanation", second version. The format is somewhat different from that of the first version dated 1782. No "MUYDER POORT", 1 x VOC on sail; "SCHLAAK" on stern; lion
Painting: a potter's studio, by Kawahara Keiga. Top register: applying decoration on the surface of the bowl; down: shaping the clay on a potter's wheel.
Map: "PLAN DE JEDO", by J. van Schley; published in Vol X of "Histoire Générale des Voyages", Paris, 1752. It generally follows a Japanese map of Edo, but the courses of streets and waterways have been regularised, and the palace grounds have been transfo
Handscroll, detail: two two-storied buildings joined together. Upstairs the scene "Dutchmen with Japanese guest" has been repeated, once with house orchestra, once in a room with Chinese-type chairs. Downstairs, left, the billiards scene. In the street, i
Painting: "Oranda-sen Tôsen zu", "A Dutch and a Chinese Ship". Two ships and a Japanese boat in Nagasaki harbour. By Ishizaki Yûshi, dated 1833.

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