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Japan: Amerikajin Yuko Sakamori ('American Enjoying Himself'), woodblock print, Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. 1850 - 1870), 1861

Japan: <i>Amerikajin Yuko Sakamori</i> ('American Enjoying Himself'), woodblock print, Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. 1850 - 1870), 1861

Japanese woodblock print showing an American man holding a glass and a Japanese prostitute holding a bottle.

Utagawa Yoshitora was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. He was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e).

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