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A detailed bird's-eye painting shows the fan-shaped island of Deshima, its bridge, buildings, gardens, shoreline, and small Japanese and Dutch figures.

1833–1836 · Colour brush painting on silk

View of Deshima

Workshop of Kawahara Keiga

Why it matters

Keiga's workshop made detailed images that Dutch staff could carry home. The view turns a regulated trading island into portable documentary memory while omitting enslaved household workers recorded elsewhere in the Nagasaki archive.

Publication
Souvenir painting for the Dutch market
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Shelfmark
RP-T-1921-488
Rights
Public Domain; Rijksmuseum

Citation

Workshop of Kawahara Keiga. View of Deshima. 1833–1836. Colour brush painting on silk. Rijksmuseum, RP-T-1921-488.

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