Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Chinese from Nanking admire Koshu fan. – 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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Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Chinese from Nanking admire Koshu fan.
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Two Chinese men from Nanking stand in admiration of a Japanese Koshu fan, the detail that sets this sheet apart from other views in the series. It comes from *Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu* (Life Sketches of Foreigners), a set of woodblock prints by the Yokohama artist Gountei Sadahide, who recorded the foreign residents and visitors in the port city in the early 1860s. The engraving was cut by Koizumi Minokichi, and the sheet's seal date corresponds to the Monkey year, which places it around 1860. Such scenes show how Japanese crafts drew the interest of foreign merchants and how the new treaty port brought people from many countries into daily contact.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 22 cm. (block) 37 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. From series entitled: Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu (Life sketch of foreigners). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 46; 47623a; unidentified writing in Japanese. DLC Earlier control number: 7710-8. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Chinese--Clothing & dress--1860. Fans (Accessories)--Chinese--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,044 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227290 |
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