DaikyokubaTITLE TRANSLATION:Big circus. – Historic Reproduction
(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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DaikyokubaTITLE TRANSLATION:Big circus. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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DaikyokubaTITLE TRANSLATION:Big circus.
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Trick riders, acrobats, and trained animals fill this color woodcut, which is titled *Daikyokuba*, or "big circus," a name that points to the horse-riding acts at its center. The inscription marks it as a *shinpan*, or new edition, and it belongs to a group of 1870s prints recording the spectacles that reached Japan as the Meiji period opened the country to Western entertainment. Such prints show performers and animals in a bright, crowded style that makes them useful records of popular amusements of the time. The lower right corner is torn. The sheet was given to the Library of Congress in 1930 by Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33 x 22 cm. (block) 36 x 23 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Lower right hand corner is torn. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 162; LC2585; 47623a (white label); possible price code. Inscription: Shinpan (new edition). Earlier control number: 236.3-11. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Circuses & shows--Japan--1870-1880. Acrobatics--Japan--1870-1880. Trick riding--Japan--1870-1880. Circus animals--Japan--1870-1880. Circus performers--Japan--1870-1880. Trained animals--Japan--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,587 × 4,472 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227206 |
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