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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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Two sheets printed from carved woodblocks in color make up this diptych, which the record describes as matted in left and right sections. Its listed date of 1750 is early for polychrome woodcuts, since full-color ukiyo-e printing developed in the 1760s, and the subject heading "Ethnic groups" points to a range of 1800 to 1850. The engraver, Matsushima Seikichi, is credited with the carving. Ukiyo-e prints were mass-produced, so a multi-sheet composition like this one was a deliberate choice that let a single scene spread across the width of the paper.

Created / published1750
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut color.
NotesDiptych matted in 2 sections: left (1497a) right (1497b). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Diptych (A on C-size)
SubjectsEthnic groups--1800-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan6,099 × 8,361 px · prints to 20 × 28 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227345

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