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Japan: Igirisujin Yuko Yokohama Odori ('Englishman dancing in Yokohama'), woodblock print an Englishman dancing while a courtesan plays the shamisen, Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. 1850 - 1870), 1861

Japan: <i>Igirisujin Yuko Yokohama Odori</i> ('Englishman dancing in Yokohama'), woodblock print an Englishman dancing while a courtesan plays the <i>shamisen</i>, Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. 1850 - 1870), 1861

Japanese woodblock print showing an Englishman dancing while a Japanese woman - in fact a courtesan or prostitute, identified by her elaborate coiffure and hair pins - plays the shamisen, Yokohama, Japan

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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