Tokyo meisho sanjuroku gisen - sukiya [ongishi]TITLE TRANSLATION:Thirty-six amusements in Tokyo - foreigners at a sukiya (tea house). – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Tokyo meisho sanjuroku gisen - sukiya [ongishi]TITLE TRANSLATION:Thirty-six amusements in Tokyo - foreigners at a sukiya (tea house)., preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Tokyo meisho sanjuroku gisen - sukiya [ongishi]TITLE TRANSLATION:Thirty-six amusements in Tokyo - foreigners at a sukiya (tea house).
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Foreign visitors seated at a sukiya, or tea house, in Tokyo are the focus of this color woodcut from Kanagaki Robun's series *Thirty-six Amusements in Tokyo*, dated 1872. Robun was a writer who also made illustrated humor, and he produced the series in the early Meiji period, when Tokyo was adjusting to foreign residents and visitors after Japan opened to trade. Scenes of eating and drinking at such venues reflect the wider public curiosity about these newcomers and their habits. The print's color and lively detail make it a useful record of that encounter.
| Created / published | 1872 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33 x 22 cm. (block) 34 x 23.4 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: [Shōsai Kazukage fude]. Seal date: Monkey. From series entitled: Tōkyō meishō sanjūroku gisen (Thirty-six amusements in Tokyo). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 68; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9920-1. 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--Tokyo--1870-1880. Eating & drinking--Japan--Tokyo--1870-1880. Tearooms--Japan--Tokyo--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,602 × 4,501 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227638 |
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