Who created "Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship"?

Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship was created by Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide in 1861, 9th month.

What medium is "Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship"?

Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship is Middle panel of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper.

Is "Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship" in the public domain?

Yes, Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship

Q: When was "Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship" created?

This artwork was created 1861, 9th month.

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide

1861, 9th month

Medium

Middle panel of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

O-ban triptych with JP3179

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959

Accession Number

JP3180

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...

Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship

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