1882 Reclus print NAGASAKI, JAPAN
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1882 Reclus print NAGASAKI, JAPAN Nice view titled Nagasaki. — Vue générale, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. image size is 13 x 19 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes , 19 vol. (1875-94) (edition in English: The Earth and Its Inhabitants , 1878-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Click or image for larger version Nagasaki , capital and largest city, Nagasaki ken (prefecture), western Kyushu, Japan, at the mouth of the Urakami-gawa (Urakami River) w it empties into Nagasaki-ko (Nagasaki Harbour). The harbour is composed of a narrow, deep-cut bay, formed at the meeting point of Nomo-saki (Cape Nomo; south) and Nishisonoki-hanto (Nishisonoki Peninsula; northwest). The city is shaped like an amphitheatre, with its crooked streets and tiered houses clinging to the hillsides that enclose the inner bay. Reclaimed land at bayside and the Urakami Basin provide some level land. Although the perception is that the city is totally modern and rebuilt since 1945, actually Nagasaki has a number of areas w old buildings and temples remain. Nagasaki was Japan's second oldest port open to foreign trade (after Hirado). It was the only Japanese port permitted by the Tokugawa shogunate (military government) between 1639 and 1859 when all other ports were closed. Portuguese traders (who
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