Bankoku zukushi - IgirisujinTITLE TRANSLATION:About foreign lands - English people. – 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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This rare historic print captures Bankoku zukushi - IgirisujinTITLE TRANSLATION:About foreign lands - English people. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bankoku zukushi - IgirisujinTITLE TRANSLATION:About foreign lands - English people.
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An Englishman on horseback, smoking a pipe in Western riding dress, is the subject of this sheet, which sets it apart from the other foreign figures in the series. It comes from *Bankoku zukushi* ("All the Countries of the World"), issued in 1860, only a year after Yokohama and other ports opened to foreign trade and residents began settling in the treaty settlements. The artist, Utagawa Yoshitora, was one of the best-known designers of these "foreigner pictures," which combined close attention to unfamiliar clothing and habits with a good measure of caricature. The tailored coat, boots, and pipe show how Japanese printmakers were recording new foreign customs for a curious public.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 23.8 cm. (block) 34.5 x 24 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. From series entitled: Bankoku zukushi (About foreign lands). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 132; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-21. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--English--Japan--1860-1870. English--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860. Horseback riding--Japan--1860. Smoking--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,988 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227306 |
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