[Appearance of English people] – Historic Reproduction
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(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: [Appearance of English people], preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Rather than the actors and beauties that dominate most Japanese print collections, this sheet shows English people and their clothing, a subject new to many readers in 1854. It comes from *Gaiban yōbō zuga*, an illustrated guide to foreign appearances published in Japan that year, as the country was opening to Western visitors after Commodore Matthew Perry's return to Edo Bay. Makers of such guides typically relied on secondhand reports and foreign images, so the figures mix close observation with guesswork about foreign dress. Today the sheet records how Japanese viewers first pictured the English.
| Created / published | [1854] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (2 pages) : woodcut, color. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Pages in: Gaiban yōbō zuga. [Japan] : Tōshundō Rōjin zōhan, Kaei 7 [1854]. Title devised by Library staff. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 212. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | English--Clothing & dress--1850-1860. Manners & customs--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,674 × 4,574 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222098 |
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