Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873)
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Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873)

YOKOHAMA KOEKI SEIYOJIN NIMOTSU UNSO NO ZU [A PICTURE OF WESTERN TRADERS TRANSPORTING MERCHANDISE AT YOKOHAMA]

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Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873)
Yokohama koeki seiyojin nimotsu unso no zu [A picture of Western traders transporting merchandise at Yokohama]
Signed Gountei Sadahide, published in 1861 by Yamaguchiya Tobei
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Lot Essay

Probably the most ambitious and successful attempt by any artist to convey the excitement and bustle of the port of Yokohama, where American, British, Dutch, French and Russian ships and their passengers and cargoes can be seen.

Another impression is illustrated in Yokohama Kenritsu Hakubutsukan [Yokohama Prefectural Museum], Yokohama ukiyo-e (Yokohama, 1979) p. 50

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