Rebecca Salter: Japanese Popular Prints

print shop Rebecca Salter: Japanese Popular Prints
A busy printshop in Tokyo, nikishi-e, Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1877 (Japanese popular prints, pp 136/137).

Rebecca Salter: Japanese Popular Prints

Text (in Dutch) Harmen Liemburg for Items 3/4 2007

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May 15th, 2007
, Posted in Historical, Reviews

Crispy Cloud Combini – 1/6 – Background

Crispy Cloud Combini – 1/6 – Background

Siebold 5 Crispy Cloud Combini 1/6 Background

Up to 1883, when the American admiral Perry opened up Japan with his Black Ships, the Dutch were the only Western nation allowed to access Japan for trade.

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December 31st, 2006
, Posted in Historical, Shows/Installations

Koek, beschuit & chocolade: een leven met Verkade

paddenstoelen Koek, beschuit & chocolade: een leven met Verkade
Photography Studio Beerling.

Koek, beschuit & chocolade: een leven met Verkade
Text (in Dutch) Harmen Liemburg for Items 1/2005

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March 15th, 2005
, Posted in Books, Historical