[Village scene in Japan showing people engaged in various activities] – Historic Print
![[Village scene in Japan showing people engaged in various activities], 1870 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/03/03a3006a28be-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: [Village scene in Japan showing people engaged in various activities], preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Village scene in Japan showing people engaged in various activities]
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Rickshaws, horseback riders, boatmen, and farmers share one scene in this 1870 woodcut, a mix that captures Japan in the early Meiji period. The jinrikisha, a two-wheeled passenger cart pulled by a runner, had only recently appeared on Japanese streets, so its place beside older forms of travel and labor is worth noticing. The sheet is one panel of a triptych whose other two parts are lost, and it was made by artists working in the Utagawa school, a tradition of color woodblock printing long devoted to scenes of everyday life.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35 x 23 cm. (block) 35.6 x 23 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Single panel of a triptych. Two other panels including one with title and other information are missing. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 183; 47623a. Earlier control number: 10. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | City & town life--Japan--1860-1880. Rickshaws--Japan--1860-1880. Horseback riding--Japan--1860-1880. Boats--Japan--1860-1880. Farming--Japan--1860-1880. Conversation--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,665 × 4,531 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227257 |
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