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Utagawa Yoshiiku

1865 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Yoshiiku, one of Kuniyoshi's best disciples, was active from the end of Edo to the Meiji period, and depicted a wide range of subject matter: beauties, actors, foreigners, and illustrations for newspapers. Here, he mixes traditional and new motifs together; the retinue of a samurai lord is marching along the Tōkaidō highway, and curious foreigners are watching the procession near the Hodogaya station, a few miles from Yokohama.

Artist

Utagawa Yoshiiku

Date

1865

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959