The Newly Opened Port of Yokohama near Kanagawa

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The Newly Opened Port of Yokohama near Kanagawa

1860

Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, c. 1807–1873) Published by Yamaguchiya Tōbei, Kinkōdō

One of the earliest prints of Yokohama, this 1860 view of the Honchö-döri, the wide boulevard of the Japanese quarter, reveals no evidence of foreign settlers from the five nations who had signed commercial treaties with Japan in 1858. At this time the city held fewer than fifty foreign residents. By 1862 the number of Westerners (mostly English) had risen to between one and two hundred. The shop in the left foreground displays the distinctive trademark of Mitsui, Japan's wealthiest merchant house during the Edo period, specializing in dry goods, money lending, and exchange.

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Object Details

Titles:

The Newly Opened Port of Yokohama near Kanagawa

Date:

1860

Artists:

Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, c. 1807–1873) Published by Yamaguchiya Tōbei, Kinkōdō

Medium:

Color woodcut triptych

Dimensions:

Ōban tate-e triptych (10--12): 14 1/2 x 30 inches (36.8 x 76.2 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Eli Kirk Price, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-70-1(10--12)

Geography:

Published in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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