Gaikoku jinbutsu - Amerika FuransuTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans French. – Historic Reproduction
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Gaikoku jinbutsu - Amerika FuransuTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans French. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Here a Japanese woman in a patterned kimono talks with two foreign soldiers, one an American and one a French, each identifiable by his military uniform. The print comes from the *Gaikoku jinbutsu* (People from Foreign Lands) series, in which the artist Yoshitora, whose signature appears on the sheet, recorded Westerners who had begun living and working in Japan's treaty ports after the country opened to foreign trade in the late 1850s. Such color woodblocks sold well to townspeople curious about the newcomers' clothing, hats and manners, and they remain a useful record of how Japanese artists saw foreign soldiers in the 1860s.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 22.3 x 32.5 cm. (block) 24.4 x 36.2 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu (People from foreign lands). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 139; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9944.2-3. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--1860-1870. Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. Conversation--1860-1870. Soldiers--American--Japan--1860-1870. Soldiers--French--Japan--1860-1870. Military uniforms--American--1860-1870. Military uniforms--French--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,002 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227307 |
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