AmerikakokuTITLE TRANSLATION:America. – Vintage Print
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Titled simply *Amerikakoku*, or "America," this woodcut shows a foreign man on horseback in Japan, as its subject headings indicate. It bears the signature of Gountei Sadahide, an artist of the Utagawa school who turned to depicting the newcomers of Yokohama after that treaty port opened to foreign trade in 1859, and the carving is credited to Koizumi Minokichi. The record notes that the sheet may be part of a larger multi-part print, so its full composition may once have extended beyond this frame. Images like this reflect the curiosity and wariness with which Japanese viewers regarded Western visitors in the early 1860s.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 36 x 24.5 cm. (block) 36.8 x 24.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock 9. Possibly section of a multi-part print. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 39; LC2585; 47623a (white label); 37. DLC Inscription: Uenriito (Van Reed). Earlier control number: 7710-1. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--American--Japan--1860-1870. Men--Japan--1860-1870. Horseback riding--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,650 × 4,516 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227660 |
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