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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- 1859-00-00
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- 1880-00-00
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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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ukiyo-e
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woodblock printing in Japan
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Yanagawa Shigenobu
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sōsaku-hanga
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Gigadō Ashiyuki
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Utagawa Kunimasu
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Gatōken Shunshi
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Katsushika Hokusai
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Yokohama
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Impressionism
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sumo
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Art Nouveau
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Post-impressionism
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John James Audubon
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Utagawa Hiroshige
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Kitagawa Utamaro
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