Amerikakoku – Vintage Wall Art
![Amerikakoku, Japan : Kagaya Kichibei, [1865] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1a/1a35936b6cd1-L.webp)
(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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This triptych centers on a balloon ascension, with carriages and a crowd of spectators gathered below the rising balloon. The sheets are signed by Yoshitora, a prolific Japanese printmaker of the 1860s who drew many Western-themed scenes as Japanese audiences grew curious about foreign people and technology after the ports opened in the 1850s. The engraving is attributed to Hori Mino, and the series title, Images of the Western World, places the scene among the foreign subjects artists explored in those years. Balloon flights drew large crowds in American cities during the Civil War era, so the print offers a view of an American public event as seen through Japanese eyes.
| Created / published | Japan : Kagaya Kichibei, [1865] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35.8 x 72.4 cm. (block), 35.8 x 73.2 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Triptychs Japanese 1860-1870.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Date from no. 148. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Mino. From series entitled: Images of the western world. Extensive, unidentified Japanese writing on backing sheets of no. 148. DLC Printed designs on verso of left panel of no. 150. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print no. 148: 127. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print no. 149: verso of right section: BCL [Bella C. Landauer ownership stamp]; C 318/2; 452 [with Japanese mark]; verso of center section: C 318/2; Japan [stamp]; verso of left section: C 318/2; Japan [stamp]. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print no. 150: verso of left section: BCL [Bella C. Landauer ownership stamp]. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-16. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930 (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Nos. 149 & 150 Originally collected by Bella C. Landauer. Forms part of: Chadbourne collection o |
| Subjects | Balloon ascensions--United States--1860-1870. Carriages & coaches--United States--1860-1870. Spectators--United States--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,068 × 1,500 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224148 |
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