Featured on PDR in the collection Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)

A selection of Yokohama-e (literally “Yokohama pictures”), a type of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print which focused on depicting the foreigners who flooded through Yokohama during the 1860s and 70s, in particular North Americans. Prints from various artists are shown below including two of the most profilic in this Yokohama-e form, Utagawa Yoshitora and Utagawa Yoshikazu.