Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 86869

Famous Places in the Various Provinces (<i>Shokoku meisho</i>)

Artist / 作者: Toyota Hokkei
Date / 年代: 1834-1835
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録: 2000 × 908 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

This print depicts a Dutch ship leaving Nagasaki. The Mt. Inasayama of the title is to the right of the picture. For the majority of the Edo period (1615-1868), Japan pursued a policy of <i>sakoku</i> ('closed country'). Japanese were not allowed to travel abroad, and visitors to Japan were limited. Only the Dutch and the Chinese were allowed to trade with Japan, from their bases in Nagasaki. In the context of limited international contact, then, this print by Hokkei would surely have had an air of the exotic about it. Materials: Colour print from wood blocks

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