Shindo hakurai ozo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Big imported elephant. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Shindo hakurai ozo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Big imported elephant. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Shindo hakurai ozo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Big imported elephant.
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The title, "Big Imported Elephant," marks this print as a record of an animal few people in Japan had ever seen, a rare sight for the Edo-period crowds who came to Ryogoku, the entertainment district on the Sumida River. The print's inscription notes that it was to be exhibited there in Tokyo in March, which ties the image to the show itself. The artist, Yoshiiku, was a prominent ukiyo-e designer known for topical news prints, and the text is attributed to Kanagaki Robun, a writer of popular comic fiction. Together they show how woodblock prints turned foreign novelties into cheap, widely sold news.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 36 x 25.5 cm. (block) 36.5 x 25.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Chokaro Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Boar 4. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 77; 47623a. DLC Inscriptions: (To be exhibited in Ryogoku Tokyo in March). Earlier control number: 9942.1-8. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Elephants--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,015 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227643 |
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