Sanoya Kihei (佐野屋喜兵衛)
Sanoya Kihei (佐野屋喜兵衛; fl. c. 1717 - 1875) was a multigenerational publishing house based in Edo (Tokyo). Little is known about the firm, and despite its long tenure, most of its known works date to an active period between the 1830s and 1850s. They were closely associated with the Utagawa School of nishiki-e woodblock print artists in the late Edo period. The firm was also known for publishing popular fiction in the genre of Kusazōshi (草双紙).
AKA: 佐野屋喜兵衛
American - Chinese - Japanese exchange in Yokohama.
橫濱異人商館之圖 / [View of Foreign Merchant House in Yokohama].
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An absorbing 1861 depiction of Japanese-foreign interactions in Yokohama, this ukiyo-e triptych was prepared by Sadahide, the great chronicler of the treaty port in its early years, and published by Sanoya Kihei. It is notable, among other features, for revealing the three-way exchange between Westerners, Chinese, and Japanese in Yokohama. (more details)