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Rites of the World
Antique Engraving with a Description of the Monkey Temple in Japan, 1669
Anno Domini MDCLXIX1669
€240
$270 · £205
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1669
- Sheet size
- 12.7 × 8 in (32.2 × 20.2 cm)
- Condition
- Good. ondition: Very good, given age. Right margin uneven, from binding. Top and left margin edges faintly browned. 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 mi.
- Faith
- Buddhism and East Asian faiths
- Collection
- Rites of the World
- Era
- Before 1700, Woodcuts and the great atlases
- Stock no.
- f_27360562
Antique print, titled: 'Beschryving van de Japansche Apen-tempel.', ('Description of the Japanese Monkey Temple').
Interior of a temple filled with (live) monkeys. These were thought to be the intermediaries between the Gods and Humans. Therefore supplicants left offerings to the monkeys. 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'.
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