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The King of the Netherlands
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Dutch were not always depicted with respect in Japan. Part of a series about people from foreign countries, this print portrays the king of the Netherlands accompanied by an inscription mocking Dutch handwriting. In Japan, European writing was sometimes compared to the horizontal marks left by crabs scuttling sideways.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe koning van Nederland. 1861. Utagawa Yoshitsuya. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
