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[Japanese Ukiyo-e print] – Antique Print

[Japanese Ukiyo-e print], 1750 — historic print
[Japanese Ukiyo-e print], 1750. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Japanese Ukiyo-e print], a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Five woodcut sheets join into one continuous scene of horsemen at a polo match, a subject that points to Japan's Meiji period, when the sport arrived through foreign residents and was soon taken up by Japanese officers. The record dates the print to 1750, which cannot be right for this subject, and the subject range of 1870 to 1880 suggests a later date. Both credited artists share the name Utagawa Hiroshige, and the first died in 1858, so the attribution needs care and the print may come from a later artist working in the family's style. The wide format lets the riders and mounts stretch across the full length of the panel.

Created / published1750
CreatorUtagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist.
Medium1 print (5 sheets) : woodcut color.
NotesPolyptych matted in 5 sections: left (1491a) left center (1491b) center (1491c) right center (1491d) right (1491e). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
SubjectsPolo--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan6,947 × 9,803 px · prints to 23 × 33 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227796

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