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Yokohama: Prints from Nineteenth-Century Japan
Yokohama: Prints from Nineteenth-Century Japan
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Following its opening to trade with America and Europe in 1859 (after more than two centuries of Japanese isolation), foreigners from the five treaty nations the US, Great Britain, France, Russia, and the Netherlands filled Yokahama, transforming the rural fishing village into a bustling international port. These extraordinary, colorful woodblock prints capture the excitement the harbor, the foreign peoples, and the technological wonders (from sewing machines to locomotives) that were introduced into Japan. Yonemura explores the prints in the context of the historical events that propelled Japan into the modern age. 9<1/4>x13<1/4>". Annotation copyright Book News Inc. Portlan...
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Following its opening to trade with America and Europe in 1859 (after more than two centuries of Japanese isolation), foreigners from the five treaty nations the US, Great Britain, France, Russia, and the Netherlands filled Yokahama, transforming the rural fishing village into a bustling international port. These extraordinary, colorful woodblock prints capture the excitement the harbor, the foreign peoples, and the technological wonders (from sewing machines to locomotives) that were introduced into Japan. Yonemura explores the prints in the context of the historical events that propelled Japan into the modern age. 9<1/4>x13<1/4>". Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or., ISBN13: 9780874749939 ISBN10: 087474993X Material Type: hardcover
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ISBN10: 087474993X
ISBN13: 9780874749939
Publisher: Yonemura, Ann
Print Length: 198
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