Russians at Nagasaki
Russian officer Nikolay Rezanov (1764–1807) stands in the port of Nagasaki. He faces a soldier at left, and his attendant, at right, holds a Russian flag. A yellow cartouche at upper left reads “Illustration of Russians who arrived at Nagasaki in the ninth month of the first year of the Bunka era [1804].”
Artwork Details
- 「ヲロシア人啚、文化元甲子年九月 長崎渡来」
- Title: Russians at Nagasaki
- Artist: Unidentified artist Japanese, 19th century
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1830
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print (kappazuri); ink and stencil-printed color on paper; vertical aiban
- Dimensions: Image: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (27.3 x 19.7 cm); Sheet: 12 7/8 x 8 3/16 in. (32.7 x 20.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Sue Cassidy Clark Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2012
- Object Number: 2012.34
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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