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Japan: 'People of the Five Nations - English'. Woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (active 1850-1870), 1861

Japan: 'People of the Five Nations - English'. Woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitora (active 1850-1870), 1861

Utagawa Yoshitora (active 1850-1870) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1870. 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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