Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan shashin no zu)
Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide Japanese
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Publishers in Edo (present-day Tokyo) immediately recognized local interest in nearby Yokohama’s newly opened port, and began releasing prints featuring foreigners. Popular subjects included the so-called black ships, shops on the settlement streets, and the customs and clothing of Westerners. Few Western women lived in Yokohama in 1861, and it is likely that their look depicted here was copied from an illustrated magazine.
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