Object data
paper, carton, leather, textile and rope
height 22.5 cm × width 15.5 cm × depth 2.2 cm
anonymous
Album in a Slipcase
Netherlands, 1862
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the cover: ALBUM
- inscription, on the second page: Naamteekening / der Leden van het Japansche / Gezantschap bij gelegenheid van het / bezigtigen der Modelzaal van het / Departement van Marine / op 21 Junij 1862.
Provenance
...; Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 21 June 1862;1 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1175
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Leather-bound gilt-edged booklet in a slip case.
On the first page the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is depicted, on the following page the second inscription quoted above. On subsequent pages are the signatures of the three members of the Japanese delegation to the Netherlands in 1862, one signature for each right-hand page, with translation and function on the left-hand page. The signatures are of Takeno-Utsi Simodske no Kami (Prince of Simodske), the First Ambassador (Liu-si); Matsu-daira Tuami no Kami (Prince of Tuami), the Vice Ambassador (Fu-si); Kyo-kok Noto no Kami (Prince of Noto), and the Supervisor (Metske). The other pages are left blank.
The album was made in honour of the visit of the first Japanese delegation to the Netherlands and to the Navy Model Room in The Hague in 1862.2 The delegation also visited the Royal Mint in Utrecht, for this occasion a commemorative medal was struck (NG-MC-1122).
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1175; A.A. Lemmers and G. Boven, Nederland en Japan. Bijzondere betrekkingen 1600-1868, Den Helder 2000, p. 35
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Album in a Slipcase, Netherlands, 1862', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244988
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