Yokohama kenbutsu zue|Picture of Sights in Yokohama: Woman with a Ringer, Lamp Post, a Steamboat at Full Sail and a Woman with a Sewing Machine

Yokohama kenbutsu zue|Picture of Sights in Yokohama: Woman with a Ringer, Lamp Post, a Steamboat at Full Sail and a Woman with a Sewing Machine

Utagawa Yoshikazu

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From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This woodblock print features three distinct scenes. The top left corner shows a woman in a red hat and blue shirt, while the top right corner depicts a woman in a green shirt and pink skirt using a sewing machine. The bottom section of the print showcases a steamboat with white sails sailing on blue water. The print is notable for its use of color and detail, with the woman in the top left corner wearing a distinctive red hat. The steamboat in the bottom section is also rendered in intricate detail, with its white sails billowing in the wind. For more information on the artist behind this print, look up Utagawa Yoshikazu.

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