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| − | Titia Blumhoff, wife of [[Dutch East India Company]] [[Factor]] [[Jan Cock Blumhoff]], became in [[1817]] (along with her child's wet-nurse) the first European | + | Titia Blumhoff, wife of [[Dutch East India Company]] [[Factor]] [[Jan Cock Blumhoff]], became in [[1817]] (along with her child's wet-nurse, and Bumhoff's sister-in-law)<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 348.</ref> one of the first three European women to visit Japan. She remained in Japan for less than four months before being deported by the shogunal authorities. However, during that time, she produced hundreds of paintings, etchings, prints, dolls, and other writings and sketches, and was herself painted by [[Nagasaki]]-based painters including [[Kawahara Keiga]]. |
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| − | *Marc Jason Gilbert. "[http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/3.3/gilbert.html Paper Trails: Deshima Island: A Stepping Stone between Civilizations]." ''World History Connected'' 3.3 (2006). Accessed 4 Jan. 2013. | + | *Marc Jason Gilbert. "[http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/3.3/gilbert.html Paper Trails: Deshima Island: A Stepping Stone between Civilizations]." ''World History Connected'' 3.3 (2006). Accessed 4 Jan. 2013. |
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[[Category:Edo Period]] | [[Category:Edo Period]] | ||
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[[Category:Women]] | [[Category:Women]] | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 23 August 2013
Titia Blumhoff, wife of Dutch East India Company Factor Jan Cock Blumhoff, became in 1817 (along with her child's wet-nurse, and Bumhoff's sister-in-law)[1] one of the first three European women to visit Japan. She remained in Japan for less than four months before being deported by the shogunal authorities. However, during that time, she produced hundreds of paintings, etchings, prints, dolls, and other writings and sketches, and was herself painted by Nagasaki-based painters including Kawahara Keiga.
References
- Marc Jason Gilbert. "Paper Trails: Deshima Island: A Stepping Stone between Civilizations." World History Connected 3.3 (2006). Accessed 4 Jan. 2013.
- ↑ Timon Screech, Obtaining Images, University of Hawaii Press (2012), 348.
