Roshiyajin shirasha yo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Russians and sheep. – 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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This rare historic print captures Roshiyajin shirasha yo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Russians and sheep. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Roshiyajin shirasha yo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Russians and sheep.
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Russian men in Western dress, including a military officer, share the frame with goats, a pairing the title "Russians and sheep" plays on, though the subject headings name goats. The print belongs to the series *Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu*, or "Life Sketches of Foreigners," signed by Gountei Sadahide, with Kanagaki Robun credited as writer and Matsushima Seikichi as engraver. Dated here to 1860, the series offered Japanese viewers humorous, close-up glimpses of the foreigners who arrived after Yokohama opened to trade in 1859, and such prints now serve as records of that early contact.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35.5 x 24.5 cm. (block) 37.5 x 25.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. From series entitled: Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu (Life sketch of foreigners). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 64; 47623a. DLC Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press c1990 no. 28 (p. 106) Earlier control number: 7710-22. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Russian--Japan--1860. Men--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860. Military officers--Russian--Japan--1860. Goats--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,090 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227318 |
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