Picture of a Mercantile Establishment in Yokohama, 1861
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A mercantile establishment in the Yokohama foreign settlement, 1861 — one of the Western trading houses that had established themselves following the 1858 commercial treaties. Hiroshige's print shows the building in its new port-city context, with Western architectural details and perhaps foreign merchants in the foreground, a commercial scene reflecting the abrupt opening of Japan to international trade in the final years of the Edo period.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Picture of a Mercantile Establishment in Yokohama, 1861 was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
Picture of a Mercantile Establishment in Yokohama, 1861 depicts urban scenes, figures, and architecture, set at Yokohama.