Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan shashin no zu)

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publishers in Edo (present-day Tokyo) immediately recognized local interest in nearby Yokohama’s newly opened port, and began releasing prints featuring foreigners. Popular subjects included the so-called black ships, shops on the settlement streets, and the customs and clothing of Westerners. Few Western women lived in Yokohama in 1861, and it is likely that their look depicted here was copied from an illustrated magazine.

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