Lot Essay
Cf. For similar examples see Art Namban Kunst, Portugezen in Japan, Brussels 1989, pl. 48 and 49
For further discussion on these European plaques, see Tokihide Nagayama, Collection of Historical Materials connected with the Roman Catholic Religion in Japan, Nagasaki, 1926, Michael Cooper, The South Barbarians, The first Europeans in Japan, Tokyo, Palo Alto (California) 1971
For further discussion on these European plaques, see Tokihide Nagayama, Collection of Historical Materials connected with the Roman Catholic Religion in Japan, Nagasaki, 1926, Michael Cooper, The South Barbarians, The first Europeans in Japan, Tokyo, Palo Alto (California) 1971