Toto meisho kenbutsu ijin - RyogokubashiTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryogoku bridge. – 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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Toto meisho kenbutsu ijin - RyogokubashiTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryogoku bridge. 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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Toto meisho kenbutsu ijin - RyogokubashiTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryogoku bridge.
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Ryogoku Bridge, which crossed the Sumida River, is the setting here, and it was one of Edo's busiest and best-known public places, with crowds, street vendors, and summer fireworks. The series title, *Foreign Sightseers at Famous Spots in Edo*, places Western visitors among the city's landmarks in the years after Japan opened its ports to foreign trade around 1859. The signature names Gountei Sadahide, a designer known for his foreigner scenes and Yokohama-e. The catalog notes that the sheet may be part of a triptych. Viewers often linger on the Americans' Western clothing, which the artist renders with close attention to its unfamiliar cut.
| 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 ; 36.5 x 25.8 cm. (block) 37.4 x 25.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokogawa Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock 7. May be section of a triptych. From series entitled: Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin (Foreign sightseers at famous spots in Edo). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 41; LC2585; 47623a (white label). DLC Inscription: Amerika (Americans). Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press c1990 Figure 8 (p. 28) Earlier control number: 7710-3. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--American--Japan--Edo--1860-1870. Sightseers--Japan--Edo--1860-1870. Americans--Clothing & dress--Japan--Edo--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,109 × 5,091 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227235 |
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