9th month, 1861 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and colour on paper
Foreigners in the Drawing Room of Foreign Merchant's House in Yokohama
Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide
Why it matters
The imaginary interior shows how the treaty port became a Japanese print genre. Foreign life was made visible through classification and invention even while residents were spatially restricted to Yokohama.
- Publication
- Yokohama-e triptych
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Asian Art
- Shelfmark
- 2007.49.131a–c
Citation
Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide. Foreigners in the Drawing Room of Foreign Merchant's House in Yokohama. 9th month, 1861. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.131a–c.
