French Girl Walking a Dog Accompanied by a Siamese Servant,
a Yokohama print.
Artist: Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (1807–1879)
Date: 11th month, 1860; Edo period
Medium: Woodblock print; color and ink on paper
Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 10 inches
Condition: Fine color, impression, and condition. A rare first edition with thin mica ground and deluxe pigments. A small burnmark to the right of the censor seal, likely from a fallen cigarette ash.
Published in 1860, one year after the Tokugawa shogunate designated the relatively isolated fishing village of Yokohama as one of the first ports open to foreign trade. The clothing worn by many of the westerners settling in Yokohama created quite a sensation to the Japanese public. The French women's patterned shawl and outfit was likely the main motivation behind Sadahide's publication of this print.
For another impression see The Metropolitan Mesuem of Art, accession number; 2007.49.119. If
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