A Foreign Residence in Yokohama
This fanciful triptych depicts Westerners enjoying a banquet at a merchant’s private residence in the foreign settlement of Yokohama. The title refers to the residence as a yashiki, a term usually reserved for a wealthy samurai’s mansion. Yoshikazu’s rendering includes Yokohama Harbor in the background, while the interior shows a lavishly decorated home with more than a dozen men, women, and children, including a man playing a cello and another getting a shave. The house is decorated with Western accessories such as a chandelier, carpet, grand mirror, glass windows, and dining-room table laden with food and drink and people seated on chairs. The kitchen features a woodburning stove.
Artwork Details
- 歌川芳員画 「横浜異人屋敷之圖」
- Title: A Foreign Residence in Yokohama
- Artist: Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active ca. 1850–70)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1861
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 29 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (74.9 x 37.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
- Object Number: 2007.49.159
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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