Illustrations from pages 204, 152, and 198 of the Boxer Codex manuscript: Sangley, Japan, Tartar
Item Data
Creator
Creator Unknown
Date
1590
Item Source
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/general/VAB8326
Description
The Boxer Codex also featured drawings of people from other parts of Asia, as pictured above in the three images. Seen from left to right, the first couple are the Sangleyes, the term the Spaniards used to call the Chinese in the Philippines. The man on the left wears a blue robe and a black headdress and holds a fan. The woman wears green and pink. The second couple are the Japanese, pictured here holding fans and wearing blue. The man on the left wears a pair of sandals and has a katana strapped around his waist, and the woman wears red shoes. The third couple are the Tartar from northeast Asia. They wear feathered hats and fur-lined garments in green, yellow, blue and pink. All the drawings are set against a white background, devoid of illustrated geographical context, which suggests that they may have been intended to provide a visual inventory of the different peoples the Spaniards encountered in Asia.
