# Foreigners in the Drawing Room of Foreign Merchant's House in Yokohama

**Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide** (Japanese, 1807–1873)  
9th month, 1861  
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper  
Image (a): 14 x 9 3/4 in. (35.6 x 24.8 cm) Image (b): 14 x 9 3/8 in. (35.6 x 23.8 cm) Image (c): 14 x 10 7/8 in. (35.6 x 27.6 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.131a–c. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73416).

## About this work

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide designed this in 9th month, 1861, aged 54. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Colour woodblock print.** In Japan these were a team effort. The artist drew the design, a carver cut it into cherry-wood blocks, one block for each colour, and a printer brushed on the pigment and rubbed each sheet by hand. Full-colour prints of this kind were called nishiki-e, “brocade pictures”, from the 1760s on.
- **Triptych.** Three sheets designed to sit side by side and read as one wide picture.

### [Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/utagawa-gountei-sadahide)

Japanese, 1807–1873

Sadahide trained under Utagawa Kunisada and became the leading designer of Yokohama-e, pictures of foreigners and their customs made after the port of Yokohama opened to Western trade in 1859. He depicted the merchants, ships and houses of the foreign settlement in close detail, and also produced wide panoramic views and illustrated books. The fashion for such pictures peaked in 1860–61, when curiosity about the newcomers was at its height.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- The artist was 54
- Real size: about 14 × 11 in (36 × 28 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/ukiyo-e)
- Subjects: Musical Instruments, Interiors, Men, Women, Dining
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/975.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/975/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/foreigners-in-the-drawing-room-of-foreign-merchant-s-house-i-met-73416).