Dutch Woman Holding a Dog

Dutch Woman Holding a Dog

Unidentified artist

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This print was not produced in Yokohama but rather in Nagasaki, the only port open to foreign trade until the end of the Edo period and thus Japan's only window to foreign countries. Nagasaki prints usually illustrated exotic sailing ships and Dutch and Chinese people. They were an important source for Yokohama prints.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.