Igirisukoku Rondon no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of London England. – Vintage Print
(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: Igirisukoku Rondon no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of London England., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Igirisukoku Rondon no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of London England.
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Few sheets in this gallery show London as directly as this triptych, which spreads a city scene across three panels: a pedestrian bridge, riders on horseback, and carriages passing people in Western dress. The design is signed Yoshitora and was cut by the engraver Koizumi Minokichi in 1866, a few years after Japan's ports opened to foreign trade. Prints from this series on the Western world gave Japanese viewers an early visual glimpse of distant cities, and the sheet's detailed record of clothing and vehicles is worth a close look.
| Created / published | 1866 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut color ; 35.2 x 24.3 cm. (each block) 37 x 25.3 cm. (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Tiger 3. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (174a) center (174b) left (174c). From series entitled: Images of the western world. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of 174a: 147; 47623a. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of 174b: 147; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 19-2; label from [Marumiya] prints shop; no. 3675 Yoshitora; yen 6.00. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of 174c: 147; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 19-1. DLC Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Pedestrian bridges--England--London--1860-1870. English--Clothing & dress--1860-1870. Horseback riding--England--London--1860-1870. Carriages & coaches--England--London--1860-1870. London (England)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,029 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227272 |
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