Gaikokujin no zu - Igirisu FuransuTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - English French. – Antique Photo 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 Gaikokujin no zu - Igirisu FuransuTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - English French.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gaikokujin no zu - Igirisu FuransuTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - English French.
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English and French foreigners on horseback are the subject of this 1861 color woodcut, which shows Westerners taking up riding in Yokohama, the treaty port opened to foreign trade in 1859. It belongs to the *Gaikokujin no zu*, or *Portraits of Foreigners*, series, in which Japanese printmakers recorded the unfamiliar looks and habits of the newcomers. The record credits Kanagaki Robun as creator, with the design signed by Ichigeisai Yoshitomi and the engraving attributed to Hori Take. Prints like this were sold to a curious public and show how Japanese artists tried to make sense of the foreign residents in their midst.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 36.2 x 24.5 cm. (block) 37 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ichigeisai Yoshitomi ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikokujin no zu (Portraits of foreigners). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 111; 47623a (white label). DLC Foreigners in Japan: Yokohama and related woodcuts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: The Museum 1972 no. 117 (p. 33) Earlier control number: 9942.28-2. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--1860-1870. English--Japan--1860-1870. French--Japan--1860-1870. Horseback riding--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,020 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227646 |
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