Ryuko kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of fashionable vehicles. – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Ryuko kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of fashionable vehicles., a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Ryuko kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of fashionable vehicles.
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Ryūkō kuruma zukushi, which translates roughly as "Melange of fashionable vehicles," gathers many kinds of conveyance onto one sheet, from rickshaws and carts to paddle steamers and a railway train. The record dates it to 1850, but the railway is a useful clue. Japan's first passenger rail line opened in 1872, so the image more likely belongs to the early Meiji period, when new machines were changing city streets. The engraver, Koizumi Minokichi (1833–1906), worked in that period, and the sheet is worth studying as a record of how people pictured modern transport arriving alongside older forms of travel.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35 x 22 cm. (block) 36.8 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Subjects | Vehicles--Japan--1850-1900. Rickshaws--Japanese--1850-1900. Carriages & coaches--Japan--1850-1900. Carts & wagons--Japan--1850-1900. Paddleboats--Japan--1850-1900. Railroads--Japan--1850-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,629 × 4,480 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227273 |
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