Jeddo
By SIEBOLD, Philip Franz von , 1838
£300
BUY

Gezicht van de Brug Jetaï op de Haven en de Stad Jedo

Asia
  • Author: SIEBOLD, Philip Franz von
  • Publication place: [Vienna
  • Publication date: 1852].
  • Physical description: Lithographed map.
  • Dimensions: 345 by 445mm. (13.5 by 17.5 inches).
  • Inventory reference: 15866

Notes

A view of the harbour and port of Jeddo from Phillip Franz von Siebold’s work on Japan, ‘Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan und dessen Neben- und Schutzländern’ (1852).

Phillip Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) was a German physician serving in the Dutch East India Company (the VOC). The VOC took him first to Batavia, then Japan, where he made a study of the country’s botany, culture and cartography. He had a relationship wtih a Japanese woman and had a daughter, Kusumoto Ine, who would be the first female Japanese physician. Siebold was expelled from Japan after the authorities discovered his map collection, which they considered sensitive material. He returned to Europe and spent the next two decades writing this account, preparing his own maps in manuscript.

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