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Foreigners Employing a Camera

Utagawa Yoshikazu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print. A room interior with striped and chevron designs on ceiling and wall. Blue banner on top with white Japanese characters. Two men in Western clothing hold up dark brown box with flat red base. Man on left holds curtain open. Man on right bending over. Two people in Western clothing sit behind box. Woman on right in traditional headscarf and top, Western skirt. Four people in traditional clothing through doorway in background.

Artwork details

Date:
11th month, 1860
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
428 × 625 px
Museum record:
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