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Sales Room at the Foreign Trade Building in Yokohama

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting a crowded sales room. Two floors of a building with people in Western and Japanese clothing. On the left, a man and woman sit on a raised platform. The lower floor has people gathered around a table and near a large crate on the right. A large pole is in the middle with an iron contraption hanging from it. Stairs connect the two floors behind. A painting of an elephant on the wall. People are wearing hats and clothes from different cultures. The background shows a roof with diagonal lines.

Artwork Details

Date
1861
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 300 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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