Ijin shishimai kenbutsu no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreigners watching New Years dance. – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Ijin shishimai kenbutsu no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreigners watching New Years dance.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Ijin shishimai kenbutsu no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreigners watching New Years dance.
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Here the subject is a lion dance, or *shishimai*, performed for the New Year, with two foreign spectators labeled in the print's inscriptions as "Igirisu" (English) and "Amerika" (Americans). That pairing of a traditional street performance with visitors from abroad sets the picture apart from other scenes of Japanese entertainers. Printed in 1861, it belongs to the wave of woodblock prints that recorded daily life around the treaty ports after foreign trade opened in 1859. The text is credited to Kanagaki Robun, a writer who later became well known, and the image was cut by the engraver Matsushima Seikichi. Its costumes and crowd details are useful for seeing how Japanese artists portrayed Westerners in these years.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 32.5 x 24.5 cm. (block) 37.5 x 25.3 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ichigeisai Yoshitomi. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 3. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 110; LC2585; 38; 47623a (white label). DLC Inscriptions: Igirisu (English) Amerika (Americans). Earlier control number: 9942.28-1. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Street entertainers--Japan--1860-1870. Dance--Japan--1860-1870. Foreign visitors--English--Japan--1860-1870. Foreign visitors--American--Japan--1860-1870. Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,989 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227315 |
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