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A Frenchwoman and a Dutchman

1860
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Published by Ōmiya Kyūjirō (Kinkyū) Engraved by Katada Chōjirō, Buneidō
A number of Yokohama prints include phonetic vocabularies intended to aid in the translation of the languages of the Westerners with whom the Japanese interacted. The text in the box at the top of this print offers Japanese transliterations of Dutch words related to meteorology and geography.

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