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Artists

Ippitsusai BunchōArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 26.3 cm x W. 19.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

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View of the Amusements of the Foreigners in Yokohama, Bushu (Bushu Yokohama gaikokujin yūkyō no zu), published by Yamadaya Shōjirō

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Center sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper

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