English Officer on Horseback(20″ x 30″) Canvas Wall Art

This work is one of the series, “foreign person Jin,” which drew foreign appearance was staying in the foreign settlement in Yokohama. Ukiyo-e, “pictures of the floating world”, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1615-1868). They were mass produced and meant for mainly townsmen, who were generally not wealthy enough to afford an original painting. The original subject of ukiyo-e was city life, in particular activities and scenes from the entertainment district; featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters.

This work is one of the series, “foreign person Jin,” which drew foreign appearance was staying in the foreign settlement in Yokohama. Ukiyo-e, “pictures of the floating world”, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1615-1868). They were mass produced and meant for mainly townsmen, who were generally not wealthy enough to afford an original painting. The original subject of ukiyo-e was city life, in particular activities and scenes from the entertainment district; featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters.