Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika NankinTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans Chinese. – Antique 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 - Amerika NankinTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans Chinese., 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 - Amerika NankinTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans Chinese.
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Among the foreign-visitor prints in Utagawa Yoshitora's series, this sheet is titled for Americans and shows a Western woman riding sidesaddle in dress that would have looked strange to Japanese viewers. Matsushima Seikichi carved the blocks, and the record credits Kanagaki Robun (1829–1894) with the accompanying text. Its seal date falls in a rooster year, around 1861, when Yokohama had recently opened to foreign trade, and prints like this one presented foreign residents as curiosities for a public eager for news from abroad.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 21.5 x 32.5 cm. (block) 24.5 x 36 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 128; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-17. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--1860-1870. Sidesaddle riding--Japan--1860-1870. Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,074 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227308 |
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