Furansujin no shozoTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of the French. – Antique Photo 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Furansujin no shozoTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of the French.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Furansujin no shozoTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of the French.
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Unlike the many foreign-themed woodblock prints of the period, this one focuses on a French man at his toilette, shown in the private details of his grooming rather than in a street scene or a harbor view. The record credits Isoda Koryūsai, but the signature reads "Yoshikazu," so the attribution is worth checking. The print dates to 1861, a few years after Japan opened its ports to foreign trade, when Yokohama and Nagasaki drew growing numbers of Western residents and visitors. Artists of the time often portrayed these newcomers with a mix of curiosity and caricature, and this sheet offers a glimpse of how ordinary Japanese viewers pictured foreign daily habits.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Isoda Koryūsai fl. 1764-1788 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33.2 x 22.4 cm. (block) 36.5 x 24.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 103; 47623a; white label with illegible writing. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.25-23. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | French--Domestic life--Japan--1860-1870. Foreign visitors--French--Japan--1860-1870. Grooming--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,990 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227375 |
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