PCT-57115

Antique Print of the Siege of Osaka Castle by Montanus (1669)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Right edge uneven from binding. Crease in the top margin. As this is a page from a book, there is text beneath the image and on the rear of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1669
  • Overall size: 20.1 x 32.4 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the Siege of Osaka Castle by Montanus (1669)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Bestorming van 't slot Osacca.' - ('Siege of Osaka Castle'). The forces of Tokugawa Shogunate besieges the city held by the Toyotomi Clan in two campaigns lasting from 1614 to 1615. The siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Arnoldus Montanus' "Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maatschappy in 't Vereenigde Nederland aan de Kaisaren van Japan […]. Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1669.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Arnoldus Montanus'.