Depicting an American sail/steam vessel off the port of Yokohama on April , year 1861. Inscribed on the print 'Amerika Jokisen: Nagasa Yonjukken Habe Rokken'. Published by Maruya Jinpachi. Total image size 35,5 x 73,5 cm.
Ei tutkittu ilman kehyksiä. Haalistunut. Taitoksen jälki.
From the collection of Hans Eklund (1921-2018).
With the opening of the treaty ports in 1858, many foreign merchant ships, operating under both sail and steam, descended on Yokohama. It opneed up a new seafaring world for the ukiyo-e artists.
See similar at The Kelton Foundation, nr 322.