102 x 54 cm. Black and white print. Image of a Dutch VOC ship named Schllaak under full sail and with cannons ready to fire. The crew is depicted working in the various masts of the ship, the captain is on deck, smoking a pipe, and in the company of a slave, and another man stands on the stern with a telescope of sorts. Above the image a full description (Orandasen zusetsu) of the ship, dated 1790 in Western transcription. Good impression, soiled, thin areas and spots, creases, small worm holes and other holes, longer worm holes restored, mounted as a scroll painting.Hayashi Shihei visited the Dutch factory in Dejima in 1777, where the VOC ships Roodenrijs and Zeeduin had arrived. It is likely he visited one of those ships. During his second visit in 1782, no ships arrived, on account of the Anglo-Dutch war. However, Shihei produced a print of the ship Schellag after his 1782 visit. The print presented in this lot is a copy of the 1782 print. Although very similar in composition, it is different in details of the ship. Also the explanatory text differs from the 1782 print. Another, hand coloured, copy of this, the 1790 print is in the Kyoto University Main Library, where Hayashi Shihei is identified as the maker. Hayashi Shihei (1793-1793), attr.102 x 54 cm. Black and white print. Image of a Dutch VOC ship named Schllaak under full sail and with cannons ready to fire. The crew is depicted working in the various masts of the ship, the captain is on deck, smoking a pipe, and in the company of a slave, and another man stands on the stern with a telescope of sorts. Above the image a full description (Orandasen zusetsu) of the ship, dated 1790 in Western transcription. Good impression, soiled, thin areas and spots, creases, small worm holes and other holes, longer worm holes restored, mounted as a scroll painting.Hayashi Shihei visited the Dutch factory in Dejima in 1777, where the VOC ships Roodenrijs and Zeeduin had arrived. It is likely he visited one of those ships. During his second visit in 1782, no ships arrived, on account of the Anglo-Dutch war. However, Shihei produced a print of the ship Schellag after his 1782 visit. The print presented in this lot is a copy of the 1782 print. Although very similar in composition, it is different in details of the ship. Also the explanatory text differs from the 1782 print. Another, hand coloured, copy of this, the 1790 print is in the Kyoto University Main Library, where Hayashi Shihei is identified as the maker.
