Amusements of Foreigners at Yokohama in Bushū [Modern-Day Musashi] Province

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Amusements of Foreigners at Yokohama in Bushū [Modern-Day Musashi] Province

1861

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, 1836–1887) Published by Yamadaya Shōjirō Engraved by Yokokawa Takejirō

Yoshitora combined images from his individual prints of scenes in and around Yokohama to create the fanciful composition of this woodcut triptych. The equestrian woman with the pineapple-crown hat and the man galloping on a horse followed by a Japanese groom are motifs commonly found in single prints. Additional activities depicted encompass foreigners using various forms of transportation, including a carriage labeled "an official going out;" women dancing in a Miyozaki brothel with two geishas playing music while seated, unusually, in chairs-customarily they would sit on the floor; and a kabuki theater performance in the left panel that remarkably includes stage attendants dressed in black who are intended to be "invisible" to the audience-by convention, they are typically omitted from Japanese prints of theater subjects.

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Object Details

Titles:

Amusements of Foreigners at Yokohama in Bushū [Modern-Day Musashi] Province
Amusements of Foreigners at Yokohama in Bushū [Modern-Day Musashi] Province

Date:

1861

Artists:

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, 1836–1887) Published by Yamadaya Shōjirō Engraved by Yokokawa Takejirō

Medium:

Color woodcut triptych

Dimensions:

Ōban tate-e triptych (53--55): 13 7/8 x 28 1/4 inches (35.2 x 71.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Print Club of Philadelphia Permanent Collection, 1965

Accession Number:

1965-57-53--55

Geography:

Published in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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