The Interior of the Gankirō in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankirō mikomi no zu)
横浜岩亀楼見込之図
- Date:
- 1860
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
横浜岩亀楼見込之図
The Interior of the Gankirō in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankirō mikomi no zu) is one of the great [Yokohama-e](/glossary/yokohama-e) triptychs of the early treaty-port years, published in 1860 by Maruya Tokuzō shortly after the opening of Yokohama to foreign trade in 1859. The Gankirō was the famous foreign quarter pleasure house and tea-house complex established for the convenience — and the surveillance — of the new American, British, French, Dutch, and Russian residents of Yokohama; the building combined a Japanese-style courtesan house with rooms decorated for Western tastes, and quickly became one of the dominant subjects of the Yokohama-e print genre. Hiroshige II's ōban [triptych](/glossary/triptych) offers a cutaway interior view: Japanese courtesans entertain Western and Chinese guests across multiple rooms of the establishment, with foreign furnishings, Japanese sliding doors, and the artist's careful attention to costume and gesture giving the print its anthropological and journalistic character. The Art Institute of Chicago impression (1925.3393) was acquired with the gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne and is one of the foundational Yokohama-e in an American collection.
諸国名所百景 大和初瀬寺
1859
Color woodblock print
諸国名所百景 京都東福寺通天橋
1859
Color woodblock print
鶴日松図
c. 1839–1864
Color woodblock print
亜墨利加州の図
1861
Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
The Interior of the Gankirō in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankirō mikomi no zu) (横浜岩亀楼見込之図) was created by Utagawa Hiroshige II (二代目歌川広重) in 1860.
The Interior of the Gankirō in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankirō mikomi no zu) depicts landscapes.