[Sugoroku game] – Antique Wall Art
![[Sugoroku game], 1860 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/79/79c1f2736c0c-L.webp)
(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 [Sugoroku game]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Rather than a plain game board, this 1860 woodcut turns sugoroku, a Japanese race game played with dice across a grid of squares, into satire. Its subjects are foreign visitors, smoking, and entertainers, and it was cut by the engraver Koizumi Minokichi. The year fell just after Japan opened its ports to foreign trade under the 1858 treaties, when Japanese printmakers often caricatured newcomers. How closely the print follows the game's rules is unclear, so its humor is best read through the individual scenes on its squares.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 24.5 x 33 cm. (block) 26 x 37 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. One of a satirical series; reinterpretation of the popular family game sugoroku a game similar to backgammon. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 171; 47623a. Earlier control number: 236.3-20. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). DDE: Which Hiroshige is this? KC: not clear what is the connection to Sugoroku - sent email to KB to ask Yoko for more info. No response as of 3/19/03. |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--1860. Smoking--1860. Entertainers--Japan--1860. Sugoroku (Game)--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,033 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227651 |
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