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[Japanese Ukiyo-e print] – Historic Reproduction

[Japanese Ukiyo-e print], 1750 — historic print
[Japanese Ukiyo-e print], 1750. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(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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A window into the past: [Japanese Ukiyo-e print], preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Five sheets joined into one panoramic scene set this woodcut apart, showing riders on a polo field, a pastime that Western residents brought to Japan's treaty ports in the 1870s. Prints like this recorded the new foreign leisure appearing alongside older Japanese scenes of the period. The catalog date of 1750 predates both the sport and the artists credited, so the 1870s subject heading is the more reliable guide to when the print was made.

Created / published1750
CreatorUtagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist.
Medium1 print (5 sheets) : woodcut color.
NotesPolyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a) left center (430b) center (430c) right center (430d) right (430e). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). 5 separate prints
SubjectsPolo--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan7,764 × 5,658 px · prints to 26 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227794

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