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Spectacular full color, banned Account of the Perry Expedition.
異國落葉籠 / [Fallen Leaves from a Foreign Country].
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This is the scarce 1854 book Ikoku Ochiba Kago, illustrated by Utagawa Yoshimori, recounting the roughly contemporaneous visit of American Commodore Matthew Perry and his 'black ships' to Japan. This is the first color-illustrated book in Japan to depict Americans and the rarest of the early accounts of the Perry expedition published in Japan. (more details)
Ukiyo-e: The Other Side of Japan's Foreign Trade.
佛蘭西大湊諸國交易圖 / [Illustration of a Large French Port Trading with Various Nations].
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A scarce, vivid ukiyo-e woodblock triptych from the last days of the Tokugawa or Edo period. This is Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's c. 1866 view of ships in a French port. It fits squarely within prints of the era focusing on foreigners (a topic of great curiosity in Japan at the time) but is unusual for depicting a purely foreign scene rather than the more common subject of foreigners in Yokohama. (more details)
Tokugawa Japan's Constrained Cosmopolitanism.
[肥州長嵜圖 / Map of Nagasaki, Hishū].
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This is a 1778 Ōhata Bunjiemon ukiyo-e woodblock print city plan or map of Nagasaki, Japan, at the height of the Tokugawa or Edo period. Although that period was defined by strict isolationist policies, Nagasaki served as the one port allowed to conduct regular trade with foreigners, who feature prominently here. (more details)
The Tokaido Road.
諸國一覽大日本道中細見全圖 / [Overview of the Provinces, Complete and Detailed Road Map of Japan].
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An impressive large-format 1848 Ukiyo-e woodblock bird's-eye view displaying all of Japan and highlighting its road system. (more details)
Meeting point of the Japanese and Western worlds.
橫濱大湊細見之圖 / [Large Detailed Composite View of Yokohama].
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This is a masterful c. 1860 six-panel composite view of Yokohama produced by Sadahide (貞秀), one of the great ukiyo-e artists of the late Edo period and early Meiji. The view depicts Yokohama shortly following its opening to foreign trade, a development that would have dramatic consequences for both Yokohama and Japan. (more details)
Ships from Distant Ports.
阿蘭陀船圖 / [Drawing of a Dutch Ship].
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A captivating c. 1810 ukiyo-e woodblock depiction of a Dutch ship of the sort that traded at Nagasaki during the Tokugawa Era policy of isolation (sakoku), a classic theme in the Nagasaki-e genre of woodblock prints. Although strictly closed to traders from most countries, Japan did conduct some (strictly controlled) foreign trade with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki, which permitted a degree of foreign interaction and exchange, as evidenced by this work. (more details)
A Classic Nagasaki-e Work.
唐船圖 / [Drawing of a Chinese Ship].
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This is a c. 1810 ukiyo-e woodblock depiction of a Chinese ship of the sort that traded at Nagasaki during the Tokugawa Era policy of isolation (sakoku), a classic theme in the Nagasaki-e genre. Although strictly closed to traders from most countries, Japan did conduct some (strictly controlled) foreign trade with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki, which permitted a degree of foreign interaction and exchange. (more details)
Opening of Treaty Port Nagasaki.
肥前長崎圖 / [Map of Nagasaki in Hizen].
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A colorful c. 1860 ukiyo-e woodblock map of Nagasaki, published by Baikōdō. It displays the port city in the wake of its opening to foreign trade as a treaty port, superseding its earlier role as Japan's outlet to the world via exclusive trade with Chinese and Dutch merchants. (more details)
Land of the Rising Sun.
[Untitled View of Japan].
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A scarce 1840 ukiyo-e woodblock print bird's-eye view of Japan published by Suharaya Mohē. (more details)
Ephemeral Theater Quarter of Edo.
猿若町芝居之略圖 / [Map of the Theaters of Saruwaka].
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A c. 1842 ukiyo-e woodblock view of Saruwaka (猿若), the historical theater district of Edo (Tokyo). It presents the area, including the famed Ichimuraza and Nakamuraza, during a tumultuous period when theaters were attacked for perceived immorality and forced into the walled quarter seen here. (more details)
Spiritual Core of Shugendo.
大和國大峯山明細圖 / The Detailed Pictures of Ōminesan , Yamato.
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This is a 1912 view of Ōminesan or Mt. Ōmine (大峰山) and surroundings near Nara, Japan, prepared by Inoue Seibidō. This area contains multiple shrines and temples, particularly for the Shugendō (修験道) tradition, which had been strongly suppressed by the government in the preceding years. (more details)