Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu – Antique 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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Step back in time with Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This triptych shows a drinking party at a Yokohama teahouse, with its title naming the "Five Countries," a term for the foreign nations that had recently begun trading at the port. Yokohama opened to foreign trade in 1859, and prints like this one recorded the new mix of foreign visitors, courtesans, and local entertainment that grew up around the settlement. The print is signed by the ukiyo-e artist Ikkeisai Yoshiiku, who was known for scenes of foreigners in Japan, and the record credits the woodcut engraving to Hori Take. Its three sheets are matted together, so the scene reads as one continuous view across the full width.
| Created / published | Japan : Kiya, 1860. |
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| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.5 x 24.5 cm. (each block), 37 x 24.8 cm. (each sheet) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. Exhibited: Steeped in History : The Art of Tea" at the Fowler Museum |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych in 3 sections (matted together): right (101a), center (101b), left (101c). Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 75; 47623a (white label). DLC Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1990, no. 59 (p. 149) The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, no. 106, p. 171 Earlier control number: 9942.1-7. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Entertainment--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Courtesans--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Eating & drinking--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Teahouses--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,612 × 4,507 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221923 |
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