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Reception by the Japanese of the Americans at Yokohama

Sensai Eiko

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A large room with a grid-patterned ceiling, beige walls and floor. Two sections of seating with a narrow aisle between them. On the left side, low to the ground seating with people dressed in black sitting. On the right side, a higher platform with red covering and people dressed in black sitting. A purple roof over part of the right side platform. A woman in a black kimono and white undergarment standing in the aisle. A tree painted on a screen on the left side. Text in black characters on a beige background at the top.

Artwork Details

Date
1870s
Medium
Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 432 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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