Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans. – Historic Reproduction
(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: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans., preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans.
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This print shows an American man in Western dress, and its Japanese title, *Amerika*, is written beside him. The cock seal dates it to 1861, two years after Yokohama opened to foreign trade in 1859, when Japanese woodblock publishers began turning out pictures of Westerners for a curious public. Such images, known as *gaikoku-e* or prints of foreign people, offered viewers an early and often exaggerated look at unfamiliar clothing and faces. The Library of Congress holds two copies in different color schemes, which shows how a single design could be printed and recolored.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| 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 x 24 cm. (block) 37 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (People from foreign lands). Library has 2 versions with different colors; no. 103 is annotated with 73 and no. 104 is annotated with 74. DLC Unidentified text about America on recto of print. Extensive writing in Japanese on backing sheet of no. 103. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.1-5. 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. Americans--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. Men--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,992 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227229 |
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