橫濱開港見聞誌|Observations on the Opening of Yokohama (Yokohama kaiko kenbunshi)
19th century
Medium
Three volumes of woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image (a-c): 9 5/8 x 6 7/8 x 1/2 in. (24.4 x 17.5 x 1.3 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.339a–c
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide · 1807–1873
Utagawa Sadahide was born Hashimoto Kenjirō in 1807 in Fusa Province, in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In the 1820s he entered the studio of the enormously prolific and influential master Utagawa Kunisada, becoming one of Kunisada's most prominent pupils and adopting the studio name Sadahide along with the Utagawa school's celebrated lineage. By 1828 his name appeared on a monument l...