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Bushū Yokohama hakkei no uchi: asaichi no yuki Title: Eight Views of Yokohama in Bushū (Modern Musashi Province): Snow on the Morning Market Artist: Yoshitora (fl. ca. 1850-80) 1861 Format: Woodblock print Medium: Ink and color on paper Dimensions: 36.3 x24.3 cm (14 5/16 x9 7/16 in.) Source: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution This charming winter scene, a rarity among Yokohama prints, portrays a street in the market where two Chinese merchants carry a container of food and a bottle; a man standing just behind them bears a large fish in a basket. The foreign residents, many of whom were accustomed to severe winters, consistently described Yokohama winters as mild. [Adapted from Ann Yonemura, Yokohama: Prints from Nineteenth-Century Japan] Visualizing Cultures image number: Y0123 Keywords: Chinese, Yokohama, |
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