Fine Japanese Prints

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Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1878/79) | Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shokan uriba no zu) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1878/79)

Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shokan uriba no zu)

Edo period, 19th century

 

woodblock print, triptych, centre and right sheets signed Gountei Sadahide, censor’s seal aratame (certified), published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo), 9th month 1861


Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 35.1 x 24.8 cm., 13¾ x 9¾ in.

As described by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), this view of the interior of a foreign shop in Yokohama depicts a kitchen to the back of the shop full of people preparing food. A Western butcher cuts a side of beef whilst another guts a duck observed by a hopeful-looking dog. On the right, a Chinese merchant holds a bolt of fabric and watches with amusement as the Western shopkeeper tries to communicate in using his hands with a Japanese client.


An anchor, some books, and a large framed picture of an elephant are offered for sale. See accession numbers 2007.49.130a–c, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60047344