Dutchmen Unloading Cargo at Dejima, 19th century
Unknown Nagasaki Schoolexpand_more
Ink, color, and gold on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.194
Not on Viewexpand_more
In the sixteenth century, Nagasaki, in far southwestern Japan, was transformed from a remote fishing village into a bustling harbor city frequented by Portuguese, Chinese, and Southeast Asian visitors. A century later, the Tokugawa shogunate designated Nagasaki as one of Japan’s only official international ports. This painting portrays a group of Dutchmen carrying cargo into a walled compound at Dejima, a fan-shaped, artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as a trading post reserved for use by Dutch traders until the mid-nineteenth century.
Details
- Title
- Dutchmen Unloading Cargo at Dejima
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.194
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 453
- Curator Approved
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