Russians at Nagasaki

Russians at Nagasaki

Unidentified artist

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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].”

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.