Kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of vehicles. – Historic 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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Step back in time with Kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of vehicles., a historic print rich in period 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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Kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of vehicles.
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*Kuruma zukushi*, or "all manner of wheeled vehicles," packs a catalog of conveyances onto one sheet, from carts and carriages to rickshaws and bicycles, which were then fairly new to Japan. The print dates from the early Meiji period, when the government was rapidly opening the country to Western technology, and the record lists horse railways among its subjects, a sign of how new forms of transport were entering popular imagery. The inscription *shinpan*, or new edition, and a seal dated Meiji 2 suggest a design that was reissued for buyers curious about these changes. The mechanism beneath one of the vehicles is worth a close look, since the record does not identify it.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34.8 x 23 cm. (block) 36.5 x 23.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Seal date: Meiji 2. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 175; 47623a (white label). Inscription: Shinpan (New edition). Earlier control number: 236.3-24. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). What is term for machine below carriage? looks like coal-powered. |
| Subjects | Transportation--Japan--1870. Railroads--Japan--1870. Horse railroads--Japan--1870. Carriages & coaches--Japan--1870. Rickshaws--Japan--1870. Bicycles & tricycles--Japan--1870. Carts & wagons--Japan--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,042 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227251 |
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