True View of Foreign Buildings along Kaigandōri as Seen from the Yokohama Wharves, c. 1875, Utagawa Hiroshige III; Publisher: Tsunajima Kamekichi, Japanese, 1843-1894, 18 1/16 × 36 in. ( × cm) (mat, vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, This triptych shows the bustling harbor settlement of Yokohama with its thriving, multinational population. After two centuries of isolationism ended in 1853, the Japanese were intensely interested in the outside world. Yokohama’s prints document the beginning of foreign influence

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