Kowtow Collection

Sugriva's Farewell, 1700-1725. Creator: Unknown
Sugriva's Farewell, 1700-1725. In this illustration from the "Ramayana, " the god Rama, coloured blue, faces the prostrate form of the monkey Sugriva

First audience of a British minister with the Tycoon of Japan at Jeddo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
First audience of a British minister with the Tycoon of Japan at Jeddo [ie Eddo] - from a sketch by S. J. Gower, 1860. Mr

Doll Festival, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Doll Festival, c1802. Series: Famous Views of the Eastern Capital

Chinese street theatre, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Chinese street theatre, 1779-1785. Sword fight. Stage with lanterns, man kowtowing before a magistrate, musicians

Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1785. Ceremony during the Tsingbing Festival. Drawings of musical instruments. Worshippers kow-towing. Altar with incense

Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors, with Presents, by Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors, with Presents, by Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, 1857. The Queen and the Court were assembled in state;

Omedsk and Obungo, at Nagasaki, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Omedsk and Obungo, at Nagasaki, 1856. Treaty between Japan and Great Britain:..we were ushered in, and found the four principal personages seated, or rather squatted

Act Two: The Quarters of Momonoi Wakasanosuke from the play Chushingura (Treasury)
Act Two: The Quarters of Momonoi Wakasanosuke from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), c. 1795

Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating in the Indrashala Cave and Buddha Dipankara [bottom]
Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating in the Indrashala Cave [top] and Buddha Dipankara [bottom], 2nd/3rd century. Ancient region of Gandhara (modern Pakistan)

The Opening Scene (Daijo), from the series "Sugawaras Secrets (Sugawara denju)"
The Opening Scene (Daijo), from the series " Sugawaras Secrets (Sugawara denju)", c. 1830/44

Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War, March 1895. Creator: Keisai
Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War, March 1895

Ambassador of Siam before Louis XIV, . n. d. n. d Creator
Ambassador of Siam before Louis XIV, .n.d

The Emperor of Morocco giving audience, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Emperor of Morocco giving audience, 1844. Abd al-Rahman, sultan of Morocco: Here, reader, you have a portraiture...of the potentate who has just become embroiled with his French neighbours

The ceremonies observed in every province and city of China, on the occasion of an eclipse, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
The ceremonies observed in every province and city of China, on the occasion of an eclipse, 1847. Drawn by G F Sargent, from a painting by Fo Shang

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