Hodogaya

Utagawa Yoshiiku

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yoshiiku, one of Kuniyoshi's best disciples, was active from the end of Edo to the Meiji period, and depicted a wide range of subject matter: beauties, actors, foreigners, and illustrations for newspapers. Here, he mixes traditional and new motifs together; the retinue of a samurai lord is marching along the Tōkaidō highway, and curious foreigners are watching the procession near the Hodogaya station, a few miles from Yokohama.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art