Yokohama Pleasure quarters


Yokohama Pleasure quarters. Utagawa Sadahide (1807 – c. 1878–79), also known as Gountei Sadahide, was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school. His prints covered a wide variety of genres; amongst his best known are his Yokohama-e pictures of foreigners in Yokohama in the 1860s, a period when he was a best-selling artist. He was a member of the Tokugawa shogunate's delegation to the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris.


Size: 1856px × 945px
Location: Japan
Photo credit: © The Protected Art Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: blossoms, bridge, cherry, flag, foreigners, japanese, lanterns, mon, namban, pleasure, prostitution, quarters, river, whorehouses, woodblock, woodcut