Japanese woodblock print, ukiyo-e, titled North American Ship by artist Utagawa Yoshitora.

Edo period and is dated to the fourth month of 1862.

Yoshitora was known for his Yokohama-e prints, which presented Japan's early impressions of the Westerners arriving in the port city of Yokohama after the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854.

The work depicts a steam-powered paddle steamer.

日本語：北亞墨利加舶之圖 English: North

American Ship (Kita Amerika fune no zu)

Utagawa Yoshitora (1836-1882)

日本語：芳虎面、假名垣魯文暗記『北亞墨利加

舶之圖』、大判錦桧

English: Japan; Print; painted by Utagawa Yoshitora, written by Kanagaki Robun, 4th nonth, 1862

Date 日本語：文久2年出版 Published in 1862

Medium: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: sight size 13.75“ x 9.25“ frame size 20.5“ x 15.5“.

Print has folds, upper left corner, crease horizontally across middle creases on right margin and throughout.

Matt is beige silk covered. Framed by William Hartman Sarasota.