Dutch woman with child, Gaikoku jinbutsuga - Oranda fujin (title on object), A Dutch woman in a wide checkered skirt and red blouse, cape and hat, a boy on her left, probably her son, her right hand slightly raised, she looks to the right. The text in Japanese characters was written by the (satirical) writer / journalist Kanagaki Robun (1829-1894): 'The name of the country is the Netherlands. The land is divided into seventeen provinces, and its capital is Amsterdam. People are good at technology and arts, and science is understood very well there. There are course hospitals and schools in the


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