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Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide

Japanese, 1807–1873

French Woman and Girl, from the series Foreign Merchants in Yokohama (Yokohama shōka ijin no zu), 1st month, 1861

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.

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In the collection
6 worksDated 1860–1861
Mostly
Prints
Movement
Ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock prints of the floating world: actors, courtesans, landscapes and the sea.
Courtesy of
The Met

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