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[Yokohama hatoba]TITLE TRANSLATION:[Yokohama jetty]. – Vintage Wall Art

[Yokohama hatoba]TITLE TRANSLATION:[Yokohama jetty]., 1850 — historic print
[Yokohama hatoba]TITLE TRANSLATION:[Yokohama jetty]., 1850. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Yokohama hatoba]TITLE TRANSLATION:[Yokohama jetty]., a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Yokohama hatoba]TITLE TRANSLATION:[Yokohama jetty].

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Here the view is the Yokohama jetty itself, with its ships and harbor works, and Mount Fuji is included among the subjects cataloged for this sheet. This woodcut is one panel of a triptych, so it was meant to be seen alongside its companion sheets as a continuous scene. The record gives 1850, but Yokohama only opened to foreign trade in 1859, when it grew from a small fishing village into a busy port. Prints of its waterfront, with foreign-style vessels and new piers, became popular as the city changed, so the subject reflects that transformation as much as the artist's own period.

Created / published1850
CreatorUtagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist.
Medium1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 32 x 23.2 cm. (block) 36.3 x 24 cm. (sheet)
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Single panel of a triptych. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 184; 47623a; LC2585. Earlier control number: 236.3-32. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress).
SubjectsShips--Japan--Yokohama--1850-1900. Harbors--Japan--Yokohama--1850-1900. Jetties--Japan--Yokohama--1850-1900. Fuji Mount (Japan)--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan1,027 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227682

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