The first issue of a two-part series on the life and work of Hyakutake Kaneyuki, both a pioneering Japanese diplomat and painter active in the late 19th century.
Unfortunately, the whereabouts of this painting are unknown. (I mentioned that in the original article on my website but cut it from the Substack version for brevity...) That's the English title of the painting, as it was listed at the Royal Academy and mentioned in a newspaper review by The Times about the exhibition.
Looking this up again, I noticed that I made a mistake: The title actually was "View from Yokohama, Japan" at the Royal Academy, and "View from Yokohama" in The Time's review.
So I'll make a correction, and perhaps a clarification.
Hi Kjeld,
Thank you for your comment!
Unfortunately, the whereabouts of this painting are unknown. (I mentioned that in the original article on my website but cut it from the Substack version for brevity...) That's the English title of the painting, as it was listed at the Royal Academy and mentioned in a newspaper review by The Times about the exhibition.
You can access the source "Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits" here: https://archive.org/details/britainjapanbiog0000unse/page/718/mode/2up?q=hyakutake+kaneyuki
Art historian Miwa Hideo speculates in Kindai no Bijutsu No. 53 (1979) that it was actually the same painting as 田子の浦図 (View of Tagonoura Bay), which you view here: https://saga-museum.jp/museum/exhibition/limited/2016/12/001465.html
Looking this up again, I noticed that I made a mistake: The title actually was "View from Yokohama, Japan" at the Royal Academy, and "View from Yokohama" in The Time's review.
So I'll make a correction, and perhaps a clarification.
I have updated the Substack article to correct the name and added the speculation about Tagonoura-zu with a picture.
I did a very quick online search for Hyakutake's "View near Yokohama in Japan" but get no immediate results. Does the painting still exist?