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1861

Picture of a Sunday in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide

Japanese, c. 1807 - 1873

Rather than recording a specific event, this scene of a brass band parading along the Yokohama waterfront serves as a symbolic representation of Westerners in Yokohama, emphasized by the inclusion of the flags of all five treaty nations (from left to right): France, Russia, United States, England, and the Netherlands.

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