AmerikakokuTITLE TRANSLATION:America. – Historic Reproduction
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Few prints from this period bring a balloon, soldiers and foreign officials together as this triptych does, under the title *Amerikakoku*, or "America." Issued in 1867, in the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate, it reflects the novelty of Western visitors in Tokyo, where American consular staff were a new and closely watched presence. Several names are credited, including Toyohara Kunichika, a prolific designer who worked into the Meiji era, and the engraving is attributed to Hori Mino. Notice how the women and onlookers turn the foreign spectacle into something to gather around and stare at.
| Created / published | 1867 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut color ; 36.2 x 24.3 cm. (each block) 37.9 x 24.6 (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Mino. Seal date: Hare 6. Left section of triptych (no. 151c) mounted separately; center and right sections (no. 151a b) mounted together. DLC Annotations stamps etc.: verso of right section: 113; 47623a; 0026272C; verso of center section: 113; 5.2; LC2585; 0026272C; verso of left section: 113; 5-1; LC2585. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-3. Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press c1990 no. 67 (p. 163) Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). 151c: FP 2 - Chadbourne no. 147 |
| Subjects | Balloons (Aircraft)--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Military art & science--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Consulates--American--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Consuls--American--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Women--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Foreign visitors--American--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,998 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227246 |
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