Yokohama-e
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are Japanese woodblock prints depicting non-East Asian foreigners and scenes in the port city of Yokohama.
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- Subclass of
- ukiyo-e
- Field of work
- woodblock printing
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Depicts
- Yokohama
- Image
- John James Audubon - Japanese woodcut.jpg
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- inception
- 1859-00-00
- end time
- 1880-00-00
- Commons category
- Yokohama-e
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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. The production of ceased in the 1880s.
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