Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu – Antique Wall Art
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu, 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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Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu
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This triptych is set apart by its three-sheet vertical format, which spreads a single scene across the full width of the composition. Its Japanese title refers to treating a burn and to scraping bone, and the subject tags add nobility, rulers, physicians, surgery, and board games, so the scene appears to pair a medical procedure with a court or elite setting. Dated 1853, it was printed in the final years before the Edo period ended, when Japan was facing mounting pressure from foreign powers. Color woodblock prints of this kind were produced in quantity for a wide urban audience, and a scene that combines medicine and leisure among the elite offers a glimpse of how such activities were pictured at the time.
| Created / published | 1853 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35.2 x 72.4 cm (whole image), 35.2 x 23.6 cm (left panel), 34.7 x 24.7 cm (center panel), 34.8 x 24.1 cm (right panel) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 15, p. 36-37. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Nobility--Japan--1850-1860. Rulers--Japan--1850-1860. Physicians--Japan--1850-1860. Surgery--Japan--1850-1860. Board games--Japan--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,597 × 4,463 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221913 |
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