Beschrijving
Engraved, aquateint/stipple engraving on laid paper,21x13cm including margins, portrait of Takatai-Kachi, original frontispiece of the Dutch translation of the memories of Golownin, a Russian captain who was taken hostage in Japan. Original title: Mijne lotgevallen in mijn gevangenschap bij de Japanners (1817). Takatai-Kachi or Takadaya Kahei was a Japanese man taken hostage by the Russians in orde to exchange him for Golownin.
