Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - Americans. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Among the foreigners pictured in the *Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi*, or *People from Foreign Lands*, series, this sheet shows an American officer in military dress, as the subject headings for uniforms of the 1860s confirm. The signature identifies the designer as Yoshitora, an artist of the Utagawa school, while the engraving is credited to Koizumi Minokichi and the printing to Shiba Jyakuyo. Dated 1861, only a few years after American traders and diplomats began working in the newly opened port towns, such prints answered a strong public curiosity about the newcomers and their unfamiliar clothing and manners.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33.5 x 21.5 cm. (block) 37.2 x 23.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Shiba Jyakuyo printmaker. Seal date: Cock 5. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 122; LC2585; 47623a; 17. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-11. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Military officers--American--Japan--1860-1870. Military uniforms--American--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,041 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227720 |
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