Horyu Goseda was a Japanese artist who lived from 1827 to 1892. He spent the majority of his career working in Yokohama, a port town distinguished by a strong presence of foreign sailors and western influence. Although he worked in a traditional Japanese style, painting narrow silk wall hangings, he pioneered what came to be called Yokohama-e, paintings that combined western techniques of modeling with light and shade, and perspective. But to make ends meet, Goseda developed a side-hustle: painting portraits for foreigners dressed in traditional kimono.
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