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Picture of a Foreign Building in Yokohama, dated 1861 by Utagawa Hiroshige — Japanese Woodblock print

Picture of a Foreign Building in Yokohama, dated 1861

by Utagawa Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e
Architecture
Yokohama
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban

Description

This Yokohama print, dated 1861, depicts a Western-style building in the foreign settlement — one of the brick and plaster structures that were under rapid construction as European and American merchants established themselves after the opening of the port in 1859. The building's foreign architectural details — regular windows, columned facade — contrast with the Japanese landscape around it, a visual document of the transformation then underway.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Picture of a Foreign Building in Yokohama, dated 1861 was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).

Picture of a Foreign Building in Yokohama, dated 1861 depicts architecture, set at Yokohama.