1790–1810 · Hand-coloured woodcut
Dutchmen at a Meal
Anonymous Japanese printmaker; after Rin Shihei (attributed)
Why it matters
Made for the Nagasaki tourist market, the print presents Dutch domestic behaviour as a local spectacle. The two enslaved men from what is now Indonesia also expose a labour relation that disappears from many European accounts and souvenir views of Deshima.
- Publication
- Nagasaki print for the tourist market
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Shelfmark
- NG-1978-110
Citation
Anonymous Japanese printmaker, after Rin Shihei (attributed). Dutchmen at a Meal. 1790–1810. Hand-coloured woodcut. Rijksmuseum, NG-1978-110.
