Igirisu rondon taikoTITLE TRANSLATION:Big harbor in London. – 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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Step back in time with Igirisu rondon taikoTITLE TRANSLATION:Big harbor in London., a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Igirisu rondon taikoTITLE TRANSLATION:Big harbor in London.
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Few prints in this gallery show a Western port so plainly, and this one, titled "Igirisu rondon taiko" (roughly "Big Harbor in London"), depicts the Thames with ships crowded along its waterfront. It belongs to a series called "Images of the Western World" from 1868, the year Japan's Meiji government was consolidating power and opening its ports to foreign trade. The print is one section of a triptych, and the other two panels are missing, so its full scene survives only in part. It is attributed to Utagawa Hiroshige II or III, two artists working in the Utagawa school after the death of the original Hiroshige.
| Created / published | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Utagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35 x 24 cm. (block) 37 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Print created by either Hiroshige II or Hiroshige III. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Dragon 10. From series entitled: Images of the western world. One section of triptych. Other two sections are missing. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 18; 47623a (white label); LC2585. Earlier control number: 4162-18. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930 (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Ships--England--London--1860-1870. Harbors--England--London--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,616 × 4,477 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227688 |
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