About this image...

Image Title: Bankoku Nyusen Sugoroku, circa 1853

Creator: Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869, artist

Date: Between 1853 and 1869

Summary: Japanese print showing a sailing ship with an American flag in a harbor; illustrated sheet from Sugoroku game, which is similar to backgammon.

Related Names: Echizenya

Subjects: Sailing ships--American--Japan--1850-1870
Sugoroku (Game)

Original Media: Woodcut print

Collections: Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915 » more info...

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