Oranda Furansukano garan no zu (Franciscan church in Holland)

Utagawa Toyoharu, artist

1735–1814

Oranda Furansukano garan no zu (Franciscan church in Holland), circa 1810, Edo period (1600–1868)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 242 x 364 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 1/2 x 14 5/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 251 x 374 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial

Accession number: 0000.0755

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Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU

Utagawa Toyoharu is considered one of the first ukiyo-e artists to use one-point perspective within his landscape prints, which he likely learned from books imported to Japan through trade with the Netherlands. The print’s title claims to depict a church in Holland, but the image appears to portray Roman ruins with famous sights such as the Colosseum and Trajan’s Column. Although the mismatch between title and image remains unclear, this print does provide insight into the ways Japanese artists constructed their own ideas and images of Europe. It further offers an alternative perspective to Sallie Casey Thayer’s collection, which more frequently features the ways European and U.S. artists constructed their images of Japan.