Bushu Yokohama Gankiro 武州横浜岩亀楼 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- British Museum
Description
The Gankiro — a famous teahouse and entertainment establishment in the Yokohama foreign settlement — is depicted here in a print from the "One Hundred Famous Views of the Provinces" that reflects the fascination with the newly opened port city. After the treaties of 1858, Yokohama became the main point of contact between Japan and the Western world, and prints depicting its foreign merchant quarter sold briskly to curious Edo audiences.
More Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige
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A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
Bushu Yokohama Gankiro 武州横浜岩亀楼 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景 was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
Yes — Bushu Yokohama Gankiro 武州横浜岩亀楼 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景 is part of the Famous Places in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho) series by Utagawa Hiroshige.
Bushu Yokohama Gankiro 武州横浜岩亀楼 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景 depicts urban scenes, figures, and seascapes, set at Yokohama.