1860
The Newly Opened Port of Yokohama near Kanagawa
Utagawa SadahideJapanese, c. 1807 - 1873
One of the earliest prints of Yokohama, this 1860 view of the Honchö-döri, the wide boulevard of the Japanese quarter, reveals no evidence of foreign settlers from the five nations who had signed commercial treaties with Japan in 1858. At this time the city held fewer than fifty foreign residents. By 1862 the number of Westerners (mostly English) had risen to between one and two hundred. The shop in the left foreground displays the distinctive trademark of Mitsui, Japan's wealthiest merchant house during the Edo period, specializing in dry goods, money lending, and exchange.
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