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Nagasaki hyosho zu - Karafune hyosho zu

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Description
These two volumes contain 70 single or double-page gouache plates and record the life of Dutch and Chinese merchants in Nagasaki, Japan, in the early 19th century. The first volume focuses on the Dutch living in Dejima and includes historical events such as the visit of Russian envoy Nikolai Rezanov, cultural practices such as the fumie ritual which the Japanese used to detect Japanese Christians, and the infrastructure surrounding the port. The volume also documents Dutch daily life such as medical procedures, clothing, meals, and phonetic renderings of the Dutch alphabet and numbers. Illustrations of Javanese and Southeast Asian servants and laborers are also depicted throughout the first volume. The second volume focuses on the Chinese merchants and documents their ships, warehouses, residential compounds, tools, theatrical culture, religious objects, and burial sites. There is a detailed three-page illustration of the Tojin-yashiki, the walled enclosure where the Chinese merchants lived. The volumes are bound in restored silk-covered flexible boards that have been re-stitched, with some minor restoration; the two volumes are housed in a wooden box with a fabric slipcover.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1807.
Call number
mssHM 84531
Creator
Tazawa, Harufusa(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased for The Huntington Library from Maggs Bros. Ltd in part by the Library Collectors' Council, March 2026. From the Gansuido collection. Gansuido was the first private school in Osaka which was open to people from all walks of life. It was founded in 1717 by Tsuchihashi Tomonao (1685-1730) in order to give a Confucian education to all who could afford it.
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Dimensions
25 x 18 cm
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