New Port (with foreign ships in background)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Hiroshige produced an estimated 8,000 designs over his 40-year career, making him one of the most prolific masters of ukiyo-e. His market has strengthened significantly in recent years, with the 2025 Sotheby's Paris record of $2.4M and growing international collector interest.
A new port facility is shown with foreign sailing ships riding at anchor in the background — a scene from the opening years of Japan's modern trading era following the unequal treaties of the late 1850s. Hiroshige's late career included a notable series of "Yokohama prints" depicting the foreign settlement, responding to intense public curiosity about the Western ships, goods, and people now visible for the first time in Japanese ports.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
New Port (with foreign ships in background) was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
New Port (with foreign ships in background) depicts seascapes.
