Color woodcut (nishiki-e), paper; dimensions: 350 x 718 mm [all in all]; signed on center board.
Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1878/79) Also known as Gountei Sadahide. Japanese painter, creator of the ikiyo-e period. A member of the Utagawa school. He is known for his compositions showing foreigners arriving in Japan (mainly in Yokohama). He was a member of the Tokugawa Shogunate delegation to the 1867 International Exposition in Paris.





