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Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Framed Wall Art Gift (2) – Vintage Photo Print

Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Framed Wall Art Gift (2), 1750 — historic photograph
Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Framed Wall Art Gift (2), 1750. Historic photograph from the Vintage Photograph Archive collection.

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Step back in time with Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Framed Wall Art Gift (2), a historic photograph rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Antique Photo Print - Japanese Ukiyo-e print - Framed Wall Art Gift (2)

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Labeled as number 2 in its set, this sheet is catalogued as a Japanese ukiyo-e print dated 1750, but the record names no artist, title, or scene, so its specific subject can't be confirmed from the entry. Ukiyo-e, meaning "pictures of the floating world," were woodblock prints made in Edo-period Japan, where artists and publishers produced images of actors, courtesans, landscapes, and city life for a broad urban audience. The title's reference to a "photo print" doesn't fit the medium, so readers should treat the date and label as catalog descriptions rather than settled facts about this sheet.

Created / published1750
SubjectsJapanese Fine Prints
Original scan659 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-228327

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