THE COASTLINE FROM OSAKA TO NAGASAKI A rare and unusual pair of six-fold map screens, Edo period (17th century), gold and colours on paper, showing the coastline from Osaka to Nagasaki marking the main shipping routes (in red) with indications of rocks and sandbars, and considerable detail of the entire coastal stretch between these two major ports, the major castles and shrines, including Miyajima, are depicted and a Chinese boat and a European boat are seen approaching Nagasaki, each panel 1340 x 470mm, forming a continuous coastal view 1.34 x 5.64m. (Some wear along joins and edges, some minor restoration). Plain wooden framed screen. A VERY INTERESTING AND RARE PAIR OF PAINTED MAP SCREENS SHOWING THE COASTAL NAVIGATION FROM OSAKA TO NAGASAKI. Depictions of real places in Japan, as true views or as maps, are extremely rare, and for the most part derived from European originals. However, the tradition of views of places, with such features as temples or castles identified in script upon the painting is an old art form, most famous, perhaps, is the large ink painting depicting Ama-no-Hashidate by the celebrated Muromachi monk painter Toyo Sesshu (1420-1506). By the late Momoyama period, the European influence created by the books and pictures imported by the Portuguese and later by the Dutch was being felt in many ways, including the desire for maps. Perhaps the most famous example must be the screens in the Imperial Household collection with a world map, and scenes of cities derived from Willem Blaeu. This was exhibited in London in 2004 at ' Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800 ' at the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 24. The present screen apparently has no precedent; no similar screen or depiction appears to have been published, though a few actual maps have survived which depict events rather than attempting to be a useful map. A plan of Nagasaki Bay, for instance, depicting the arrival of the abortive Portuguese embassy in 1647, when the Portuguese attempted, disastrously, to reopen relations between Portugal and Japan, was exhibited in the Europalia at Brussels in 1989 Art Namban/Nambankunst, no.21. (2)
THE COASTLINE FROM OSAKA TO NAGASAKI A rare and unusual pair of six-fold map screens, Edo period (17th century), gold and colours on paper, showing the coastline from Osaka to Nagasaki marking the main shipping routes (in red) with indications of rocks and sandbars, and considerable detail of the entire coastal stretch between these two major ports, the major castles and shrines, including Miyajima, are depicted and a Chinese boat and a European boat are seen approaching Nagasaki, each panel 1340 x 470mm, forming a continuous coastal view 1.34 x 5.64m. (Some wear along joins and edges, some minor restoration). Plain wooden framed screen. A VERY INTERESTING AND RARE PAIR OF PAINTED MAP SCREENS SHOWING THE COASTAL NAVIGATION FROM OSAKA TO NAGASAKI. Depictions of real places in Japan, as true views or as maps, are extremely rare, and for the most part derived from European originals. However, the tradition of views of places, with such features as temples or castles identified in script upon the painting is an old art form, most famous, perhaps, is the large ink painting depicting Ama-no-Hashidate by the celebrated Muromachi monk painter Toyo Sesshu (1420-1506). By the late Momoyama period, the European influence created by the books and pictures imported by the Portuguese and later by the Dutch was being felt in many ways, including the desire for maps. Perhaps the most famous example must be the screens in the Imperial Household collection with a world map, and scenes of cities derived from Willem Blaeu. This was exhibited in London in 2004 at ' Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800 ' at the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 24. The present screen apparently has no precedent; no similar screen or depiction appears to have been published, though a few actual maps have survived which depict events rather than attempting to be a useful map. A plan of Nagasaki Bay, for instance, depicting the arrival of the abortive Portuguese embassy in 1647, when the Portuguese attempted, disastrously, to reopen relations between Portugal and Japan, was exhibited in the Europalia at Brussels in 1989 Art Namban/Nambankunst, no.21. (2)
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