Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Painting on Wood

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Painting on Wood:
$99.00

This is a beautiful late 19th Century painting on a wood panel. It is surmised that this is a piece of a larger panel that was sold as a stand alone piece of art. It measures 11 3/4 inches long and 4 3/8 inches wide. I am uncertain of the wood species. The writing translates to describe the artist as \"Sen\" and depicts Dutch trading ships arriving to the Dejima island in Nagasaki, Japan in the 1600\'s. The Japanese writing identifies the Dejima island and Nagasaki. This was translated by an appraiser of Japanese antiquities. The colors are very vibrant and this piece was brought back to the United States by missionaries in the mid 20th Century. This piece of art details a large Dutch ship, the buildings on Dejima Island and even Japanese people / Dutch people. No restoration has occurred on this piece and it is in stunning original condition. It comes with wood block stands, but it is unknown if the stands are Japanese in origin. This is a nice entry level piece of art for the someone entering the Japanese art market. Many Japanese works feature single object subject matters, but this piece depicts a deep and rich history of a specific Japanese area and time.
Dejima island literally means \"out\" or \"exit island\" in the Japanese language. The island is a fan-shaped island reclaimed form the Nagasaki bay by order of the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1634 to house errant Portuguese missionaries who attempted to evangelize the masses of Japanese people at the time. Dejima next became an early Dutch settlement that was self-governed and its Dutch inhabitants were prohibited from crossing over to Nagasaki. For two centuries this trading arrangement worked well for the Japanese and the Dutch. Present day Dejima is now designated as a historical site and has been under reconstruction since 1996. Nagasaki was also one of the areas where the first nuclear weapons was dropped by the U.S. in World War II.