English: A rare and important Nanban four-fold screen probably depicting the vessel 'De Ryp' at the Shimabara Rebellion in 1637-1638, Nanban byobu Japan, 19th century. (Note: these are the 2 middle screens of 4. The image quality does not show all minor details). Dimensions: - the screen with the mount: 73 x 156 cm. - the sole painted part: 60 x 145 cm. Website description: "It depicts a Dutch vessel (please note the flags) and Dutch characters whom, alike other non-Spanish and non-Portuguese westerners, were referred to as Kō-mōjin (紅毛人), lit. ‘Red-haired’ peoples. The precise subject is probably the vessel ‘De Ryp’ at the Shimabara Rebellion (島原の乱 - Shimabara no ran) in 1637-1638, an uprising that occurred in the Shimabara Domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The daimyō of this domain enforced unpopular policies that drastically raised taxes and violently prohibited Christianity. As a result, in december 1637, an alliance of local rōnin and mostly Catholic peasants led by Amakusa Shirō rebelled against the Tokugawa shogunate, which sent a force of over 125,000 troops supported by the Dutch to suppress the rebels and defeated them after a long siege against Hara castle. Nicolaes Couckebacker, Opperhoofd of the Dutch factory on Hirado, provided the gunpowder and cannons, and later on was requested to send a vessel, the ‘De Ryp’, which he personally accompanied to a position offshore, near Hara Castle. The vessel can be identified due to its Dutch flags, but also to the dress-style peculiarities of the characters as well as its cannons, here hidden behind ports."