Utagawa Yoshikazu (歌川芳員)
Utagawa Yoshikazu (歌川芳員; fl. c. 1853 - 1870), also known as Ishikawa Yoshikazu (一川芳員), was, as his name indicates, a painter and ukiyo-e woodblock printer of the Utagawa School and a disciple of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳). His early work often dealt with battle scenes or natural themes, but after the opening of Yokohama as a treaty port, he began to produce prints dealing with foreigners there (Yokohama-e). Among his last known works is an 1870 print (東京繁栄車往来之図) containing somewhat fanciful illustrations of modern technology, including Yoshikazu's imagination of a steam locomotive (none had arrived in Japan yet, so he had to work off of second-hand accounts).
AKA: 歌川芳員
Foreigners so strange.
亜墨利加國蒸気車往來 / [The Comings and Goings of an American Steamship].
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This is Utagawa Yoshikazu's 1861 ukiyo-e woodblock triptych of an American steamship and passengers at Yokohama, an intriguing depiction of foreigners in Japan from the early days after Yokohama's opening as a treaty port. It is notable for reflecting both the curiosity of Japanese artists about the new arrivals and their imperfect understanding of these visitors. (more details)
Early Expansion of Treaty Port Yokohama.
御開港橫濱之圖 / [Map of the Open Port of Yokohama].
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A colorful c. 1862 ukiyo-e map of Yokohama, Japan, by Ichikawa Yoshikazu. It presents the city several years after its opening as a treaty port in 1859, when it was rapidly developing into Japan's main point of trade and cultural interaction with Western powers. (more details)