Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 122149

View of Yokohama in Kanagawa on the Tokaido

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Kunitsuna歌川国綱
Date / 年代
1862
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録
1362 × 2000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者
森川ミドリ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

The military procession along one of Japan’s main highways, the Tokaido, seen in the foreground of this print, is a product of over two hundred years of inward-looking feudal rule. The western ships outside the newly developed port of Yokohama in the distance, however, show that changes are already happening in Japan. Only five years after this print was made, the Tokugawa shogunate, which had ruled Japan since 1603, collapsed and power was restored to the emperor. Materials: Woodblock print on paper

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