

Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan shashin no zu)
A triptych print depicting a scene of foreigners and Japanese people interacting. The left panel shows a woman with a baby sitting on a low platform with a dog beside her; another woman stands nearby. The center panel shows a woman in a blue kimono and a man in a blue military-style jacket facing each other; a man in a brown robe walks away through a torii gate; another man in a green robe stands behind the gate; a woman in a blue kimono with a red and orange obi walks through the gate. The right panel shows a woman in a red dress with multiple frilled layers, a parasol overhead; a man and woman look on; the woman wears a blue headscarf, brown kimono; the man wears a black robe. The background of all panels features a fence and buildings. The color palette includes shades of blue, red, pink, orange, beige, and green.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1861
- Medium
- Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 598 × 302 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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