Naniwa Higashibori tekkyo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steel bridge at Higashibori Osaka. – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Naniwa Higashibori tekkyo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steel bridge at Higashibori Osaka., preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Naniwa Higashibori tekkyo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steel bridge at Higashibori Osaka.
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The title names a particular structure, an iron bridge at Higashibori in Naniwa, the old name for Osaka. Iron bridges were a novelty in Japanese cities, and in the decades after the country opened to Western trade, they signaled modern engineering in a city known for its canals and wooden crossings. The record dates the print to 1850, but its subject headings run through 1900, so the scene may belong to the later Meiji period. The engraver, Koizumi Minokichi (1833-1906), was a woodblock artist active in those years, and the print's color and cut lines show how this traditional medium recorded the changing city.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 15.5 x 36 cm. (block) 16.5 x 37 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 172; 47623a (white label). Aratame date seal is illegible. Earlier control number: 236.3-15. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Bridges--Japan--Osaka--1850-1900. City & town life--Japan--Osaka--1850-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,681 × 3,777 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227264 |
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