Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans.
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This print shows an American rendered as a rider and smoker, two activities the subject tags single out for the 1860s. Its signature names the artist Utagawa Yoshitora, and the record credits Matsushima Seikichi with the carving and Kanagaki Robun, the writer known for Yokohama-era satire, with the series text. After the port of Yokohama opened to foreign trade in 1859, Japanese woodblock makers produced many sheets like this one, which sold to a curious public eager to see newcomers from abroad. The series mixes observation with exaggeration, so the figure's posture and dress are worth reading as a Japanese view of Western habits rather than a literal record.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33.5 x 24 cm. (block) 36 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 124; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-13. 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. Horseback riding--Japan--1860-1870. Smoking--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,023 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227661 |
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