Utagawa Yoshikazu

fl. ca. 1850's-70's

Foreigner Making Clothing
(Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu)

signed Issen Yoshikazu ga, with publisher's seal Jin (Maruya Jinpachi of Enjudo), combined censor and date seal Saru-juichi, aratame (year of the monkey [1860], 11th month, examined)

oban tate-e 14 5/8 by 10 1/8 in., 37.1 by 25.6 cm

References:
Julia Meech-Pekarik, The World of the Meiji Print: Impressions of a New Civilization, 1986, p. 19, no. 13 (MET accession no. JP3363)
Gerhard Dambmann, Japan het Westen ontdekte: Een geschiedenis in houtsneden, 1988, p 72, no. 29

price: $1,150