Amerika nigiwai no zu – Antique 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 Amerika nigiwai no zu, 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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This three-sheet triptych shows Americans in Western dress going about town life, a subject the record directly names. Issued in the ninth month of 1861 by the publisher Yamashiroya Jinbei, it is signed Hiroshige, the name taken by Utagawa Hiroshige II after the death of Hiroshige I in 1858. It belongs to a series called *Images of the Western World*, made in the years after Japan opened its ports to foreigners, when treaty settlements such as Yokohama drew curious crowds. Printmakers eagerly recorded these visitors and their unfamiliar clothing, often with a mix of fascination and caricature.
| Created / published | Japan : Yamajin (Yamashiroya Jinbei), 1861. |
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| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; each block 35.5 x 24.5 cm.; each sheet 35.5 x 24.5 cm. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. Source of name (700): LCNA; there are 2 700s, which one is it? Assigned to Hiroshige II based on information from LC exhibit website. |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Cock 9. Triptych formerly housed in 3 separate sections; rehoused in single mat. Annotation in pencil on mount: H1. From series entitled: Images of the western world. Annotations, stamps, etc., on verso of print: 4; LC2585; 47623a (white label). The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, no. 70 (p. 132) Yokohama ukiyoe : Reflection of the cultures of Yokohama in days of the port opening / Tsuneo Tamba. [Japan : 1962] Earlier control number: 4162. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Americans--Clothing & dress--1860-1870. City & town life--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,543 × 4,512 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221916 |
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