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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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