Dutch Lady with Servant, early 19th century, Unknown Nagasaki School, 42 × 13 9/16 in. ( × cm) (image), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century, Concerned about the spreading Christianization of the country, the Japanese government expelled foreign missionaries and merchants in 1639 with the exception of the Dutch East India Company who was permitted to maintain trade relations from the island of Dejima in the bay of Nagasaki. Books and images provided by the Dutch were the only source of western-style images and some Japanese artists began to produce paintings

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