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Antique Portrait of one of the Harboribonsi by Montanus (1669)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Right edge uneven from binding. Faintly browned top margin. Some small dampstains in the top left margin and top left edge of the image. 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: 20.2 x 32.2 cm.
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.. Antique Portrait of one of the Harboribonsi by Montanus (1669)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Harboribonsi.' - Portrait of one of the Harboribonsi, forest priests/hermit from Japan. One is shown full length, with a begging bowl and walking cane. Another prostrates himself in front of an altar. A third rides a mountain path on top of an ox. 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'.