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Japanese woodblock print by Yoshitora (active ca.1850-1880). Date: c.1861. from the series: "Views of Famous Places in Yokohama in Bushu". ('Bushu Yokohama meishô no zu'. Publisher: Inshuya Hikobei. Depicting of a Chinese servant accompanied by a hungry dog and carrying a candle and a bento box. Ukiyo-e, "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1615-1868). They were mass produced and meant for mainly townsmen, who were generally not wealthy enough to afford an original painting. The original subject of ukiyo-e was city life, in particular activities and scenes from the entertainment district; featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters. There is a border around the image. The image size is correct. Many sizes available.
