Picture of a Salesroom in a Foreign Mercantile Firm in Yokohama

Maker(s)
Artist: Hashimoto Sadahide (1807 - 1873)
Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1861
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 34.8 x 72.8 cm (13 11/16 x 28 11/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. William Leonhart
Accession Number
S1998.44a-c
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Print
Type

Woodblock print

Keywords
commerce, Edo period (1615 - 1868), foreigner, Japan, tea, triptych, ukiyo-e, washing, WWII-era provenance
Provenance
Provenance information is currently unavailable
Previous Owner(s)

Florence Leonhart
The Honorable and Mrs. William Leonhart

Label

A Chinese merchant, one among a large community of men in Yokohama who worked as compradors and money changers, looks on from the right as Japanese and Western merchants struggle to conduct transactions. Sign language supplements their limited knowledge of each others' native languages. At left, in the back room, an international group of servants prepares food, including meat and fowl. Scholar Julia Meech has suggested that two triptychs, this image and Picture of a Mercantile Establishment in Yokohama (see S1991.152a-c) were designed to form a single composition with this triptych below the other.

Published References
  • Peter N. Stearns. World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity., 6th Edition. New York. cover.
  • Ann Yonemura, Milo Cleveland Beach, with contributions by The Honorable and Mrs. William Leonhart. Yokohama: Prints From 19th Century Japan. Exh. cat. Washington. cat. 14, pp. 86-87.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
Rights Statement

Copyright with museum

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