Scope and Contents

The document presents a bird's-eye view of the waterfront district of Yokohama and includes buildings, foreign ships and other craft in the harbor, and street scenes. Some streets and Benten shrine are identified in English labels attached to the mount.

Local Numbers

NAA MS 7159

NAA INV 10000015

Local Note

Romanization, translations, and other data furnished by Chang-su Houchins, of the Department of Anthropology. Mrs. Houchins consulted Yokota Yōichi, Yokohama Ukiyo-e to sonso jidai ("The Era of Yokohama Ukiyo-e Prints") in Shū taisei Yokoha ukiyo-e ("Comprehensive Collections of Yokohama Prints"), Tokyo, 1979; Richard Lane, Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print, Friboug, Switzerland, 1978.

Local Note

Color woodblock print

Other Title

Yokohama ōminato saiken no zu

Custodial History

Gift from Mrs. Lispernard Seabury Crocker, 1961. She collected it in Japan in the 1930s. From July 31 to August 5, 1939, the map was in the exhibit entitled "Around the World" in the Historic Warner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It was transferred from the artifactual collection of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in August 1984.