Original woodblock print meiji period,edo period, – Paper – Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)- “Kanagawa Yokohama no fūkei”神奈川横浜之風景(Scenery of Kanagawa Yokohama)- Japan – 1864 (Genchi 1 period)

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Original woodblock print meiji period,edo period, – Paper – Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) and Fuse Toshimaro布施年麿(?-?)- “Kanagawa Yokohama no fūkei”神奈川横浜之風景(Scenery of Kanagawa Yokohama)- Japan – 1864 (Genchi 1 period)

Since this woodblock print is old, it has some stains and tears.

The signature is ‘Ouju Yoshitoshi-e’,’Gyokuourou Yoshitoshi-e’and’Ichimisai Yoshitoshi’応需芳年画,玉櫻芳年画.一魅斎芳年画

What is drawn is Yokohama Port in Kanagawa Prefecture
At that time (1864), it was developed as an open port and was visited by many foreigners, and a foreign settlement was also created and became a famous place.
Many ukiyo-e artists used Yokohama as a theme to draw ukiyo-e.

(memo)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年 1839 – 1892) was a Japanese artist.He is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
he used the surname Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi(一魁斎),Kaisai(魁斎),Gyokuourou(玉桜楼),Sokatei(咀華亭)as an art name.In his later years he used the sign TaisoYoshitoshi(大蘇芳年)
He is also regarded as one of the form’s greatest innovators.
In addition, tsukioka  Yoshitoshi studied not only Ukiyo-e but also Kikuchi Yosai’s style of painting and Western painting. He also studied historical paintings, bijin-ga, genre paintings, and classical paintings.
Many of Bob’s works are famous, including his muzan-e(無惨画).
Famous disciples include Toshikata Mizuno(水野年方), Toshihide Migita(右田年英), and Toshitsune Inano(稲野年恒).
There are Toshinobu Yamazaki(山崎年信) and others.