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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 伊孚九 ''(Yī Fújiǔ / I Fukyuu)''

Yī Fújiǔ was a Chinese painter active in [[Nagasaki school|Nagasaki]].

Originally coming to Japan as a shipping broker, Yi would make a number of journeys back and forth between China and Japan, beginning in [[1720]]; the latest record of his presence in Japan is dated to [[1747]]. On that initial journey, made when he was 23 years of age, Yi was involved in the delivery of a group of [[horses]] requested by [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. The [[Qing Dynasty|Qing court]] had banned the export of horses, so Yi and his fellow crewmen sailed at night in order to avoid notice from officials. Their ship eventually made port in [[Satsuma province]], and Yi was able to make his way into [[Nagasaki]] on a trading permit issued in his brother's name.

Though certainly not among the great names of the Chinese art historical canon, Yi had a certain degree of influence in Nagasaki upon Japanese artists, and is counted among the members of the "Nagasaki school" of painters.

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==References==
*[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 64.

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