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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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This rare historic print captures [Japanese Ukiyo-e print] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Two sheets printed as a single diptych make this woodcut unusual: the record keeps them as separate left and right sections, and the work is catalogued as color woodcut. The catalog gives a date of 1750, but its subject heading points to ethnic groups in the 1800 to 1850 period, so the exact date remains uncertain. Color woodblock prints like this were built from a separate carved block for each color, and the engraver's skill in keeping the blocks aligned is one of the things to look for. Multi-sheet compositions let artists work at a larger scale than a single sheet allowed.

Created / published1750
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut color.
NotesDiptych matted in 2 sections: left (649a) right (649b). 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 scan6,029 × 8,587 px · prints to 20 × 29 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227359

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