Japan: 'Western Traders at Yokohama Transporting Merchandise'. Detail of triptych print by Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1878/1879), 1861

Japan: 'Western Traders at Yokohama Transporting Merchandise'. Detail of triptych print by Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1878/1879), 1861. Utagawa Sadahide, also known as Gountei Sadahide, was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school. His prints covered a wide variety of genres; amongst his best known are his Yokohama-e pictures of foreigners in Yokohama in the 1860s, a period when he was a best-selling artist. He was a member of the Tokugawa shogunate's delegation to the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris.

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Photographer:

Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1878/1879

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Pictures From History