AMERIKASHU KARIFORUNIA-KO SHUPPAN NO ZU [A SHIP SAILING FROM A PORT IN CALIFORNIA, AN AMERICAN STATE]

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Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873)
Amerikashu Kariforunia-ko shuppan no zu [A ship sailing from a port in California, an American State]
Signed Gountei Sadahide, published in 1862, good impression, some fading of colours and a slight trimming
Oban triptych, 14¼ x 30in. (37 x 75cm.)

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Lot Essay

This design was influenced by travellers' tales brought back by members of the Japanese delegation to America who had landed in San Francisco in 1860

Another impression is illustrated in Yokohama Kenritsu Hakubutsukan [Yokohama Prefectural Museum], Yokohama ukiyo-e (Yokohama, 1979) p.61

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