OroshiyajinTITLE TRANSLATION:Russians. – 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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OroshiyajinTITLE TRANSLATION:Russians. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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OroshiyajinTITLE TRANSLATION:Russians.
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The inscription on this print ties the Russian figures it shows to Nagasaki in 1804, the first year of the Bunka era. That was when Russian envoy Nikolai Rezanov arrived at the port seeking trade, at a time when the Tokugawa government limited most foreign contact to Dutch and Chinese merchants there. The artists named on the record, Toyohara Kunichika, Utagawa Kuniaki and Utagawa Toyokuni, worked between the late 1700s and 1900, so the sheet was likely made decades after the event, when Russians were a familiar and somewhat exotic subject. The listed subjects also include animals, a detail worth noticing in the composition.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 29.5 x 20.5 cm. (block) 30 x 20.7 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Damaged by bookworms lined. Title from item. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 179; 47623; 13. Inscriptions: (Russians arrived in Nagasaki in 1804 of the Bunka era). Earlier control number: 236.3-26. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Soldiers--Russian--Japan--1850-1900. Animals--Japan--1850-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,059 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227239 |
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