AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:America. – Historic 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 AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:America.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:America.
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Titled simply *Amerika*, this 1861 color woodcut shows American military men in their uniforms, a subject that drew great curiosity after Japan opened its ports to foreign trade in the late 1850s. The print is signed by the artist Utagawa Yoshitora, who was known for images of Westerners, and the engraving is credited to Koizumi Minokichi. Its printed sheet shows how Japanese printmakers turned the newcomers in the treaty ports into a popular subject for urban buyers.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35.5 x 23 cm. (block) 37 x 24.6 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 125; 47623a (white label); 7. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-14. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Military personnel--American--Japan--1860-1870. Military uniforms--American--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,960 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227721 |
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