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[Steam train] – Antique Wall Art

[Steam train], Japan : Daikokuya Heikichi, 1872. — historic print
[Steam train], Japan : Daikokuya Heikichi, 1872.. Historic print from the Railroads & Depots 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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A steam locomotive and its carriages fill this woodblock print, which is probably the center panel of a triptych. Daikokuya Heikichi published it in 1872, and the artist signed it Ichiyūsai Kuniteru, recorded here as Kuniteru II. That year saw the opening of Japan's first railway, between Shimbashi in Tokyo and Yokohama, a novelty that drew many woodblock artists to the subject. The title panel that would have accompanied this section is missing, so the print survives as one part of a larger set.

Created / publishedJapan : Daikokuya Heikichi, 1872.
Medium1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut, color ; 35 x 24 cm. (block), 36.8 x 24.8 cm. (sheet).
GenreWoodcuts Japanese Color 1870-1880.Triptychs Japanese Color 1870-1880.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Signature: Ichiyūsai Kuniteru. Seal date: Monkey. Single section of triptych, probably center. Section with title is missing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 34; 47623a. Earlier control number: 11. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Form of name (100) in original record: Kuniteru II, Ichiyūsai; Source of name (100): Lane, p. 296.
SubjectsRailroads--Japan--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 3,720 px · prints to 10 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-223947

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