Kita Amerika jinbutsu: Peruri zoTITLE TRANSLATION:A North American: portrait of Perry. – Historic Photograph 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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Commander Matthew Perry, the American naval officer who pressed Japan to open its ports, appears here by name in the title, *Kita Amerika jinbutsu*, roughly "A North American Figure: Perry." The engraver, Matsushima Seikichi, cut this color woodcut on hōsho paper in 1854, the year Perry returned to Edo Bay and the Treaty of Kanagawa was signed. Japanese printmakers produced sheets like this one to satisfy public curiosity about the newcomers and their black-hulled steamships. Such prints blend portraiture with reportage, which makes them useful evidence of how Japanese viewers pictured the Americans during a period of national upheaval.
| Created / published | 1854 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 37.2 x 25 cm. (block) 37.4 x 25.4 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Accompanying sheet with a catalog reproduction of print reads: No. 69. Admiral Perry; Yedo-ye; Illustrated. Annotations stamps etc. on recto of print: Commander Perry 1854 North American Republican G... going up to Yokohama. By Roko. 1725-1. On verso: 1; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 178. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Notes dont match item. |
| Subjects | Perry Matthew Calbraith 1794-1858--Journeys--Japan. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,027 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227726 |
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