Yokohama-e (横浜絵, "Yokohama pictures") are Japanese woodblock prints depicting non–East Asian foreigners and scenes in the port city of Yokohama. == History == The port of Yokohama was opened to foreigners in 1859, and ukiyo-e artists, primarily of the Utagawa school, produced more than 800 different woodblock prints in response to a general curiosity about these strangers.
Yokohama-e (横浜絵, "Yokohama pictures") are Japanese woodblock prints depicting non–East Asian foreigners and scenes in the port city of Yokohama. == History == The port of Yokohama was opened to foreigners in 1859, and ukiyo-e artists, primarily of the Utagawa school, produced more than 800 different woodblock prints in response to a general curiosity about these strangers.
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