Dutchmen Unloading Cargo at Dejima, 19th century, Unknown Nagasaki School, 12 5/8 ¡Ñ 27 3/16 in. (32.07 ¡Ñ 69.06 cm) (sight), Ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan, 19th century, In the sixteenth century, Nagasaki, in far southwestern Japan, was transformed from a remote fishing village into a bustling harbor city frequented by Portuguese, Chinese, and Southeast Asian visitors. A century later, the Tokugawa shogunate designated Nagasaki as one of Japan¡¦s only official international ports. This painting portrays a group of Dutchmen carrying cargo into a walled compound at Dejima, a fan-shaped, artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as a trading post reserved for use by Dutch traders until the mid-nineteenth century.