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Yokohama kōeki seiyōjin nimotsu unsō no zu
Title
Western traders loading cargo in Yokohama.
Yokohama kōeki seiyōjin nimotsu unsō no zu [graphic].
Published
Japan : [Yamaguchiya Tōbei], 1861.
Physical Description
1 print : woodcut, color ; 36 x 120 cm
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Elephant Folio 2014 15: Accompanied by index card (8 x 12 cm.) with typed information on recto.
Notes
A Japanese pentaptych woodblock print (on five sheets joined together).
Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga.
Seal date: Cock 6.
"Shipping by Western traders at Yokohama (Yokohama koeki seiyo-jin nimotsu unso no zu) ; wood block print, nishiki-e, five piece 1861; by Gountei Teishu (Sadahide), Carl H. Boehringer Collection Yokohama. 2 page spread in 'Japan, a history in art' by Bradley Smith, Doubleday"--On typed card originally taped to verso of print.
Summary
A panoramic scene of the bustling harbor in Yokohama showing an American vessel loading cargo; passengers, including five women, are on the deck. Next to it is a French ship, also with women passengers on deck. A second French ship appears just behind the American one and, farther away are a third French ship and a British one. Five longboats also appear, each flying its nation's flag.
Variant and related titles
Shipping by Western traders at Yokohama.
Format
Images
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
September 05, 2014
References
Smith, B. Japan, a history in art, p. 242-243
Subjects
Genre/Form
Pentaptychs - Japanese - 1860-1870.
Woodcuts - Japanese - Color - 1860-1870.
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