Bankoku jinbutsu zue - AmerikajinTITLE TRANSLATION:People of the barbarian nations - 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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A window into the past: Bankoku jinbutsu zue - AmerikajinTITLE TRANSLATION:People of the barbarian nations - Americans., preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bankoku jinbutsu zue - AmerikajinTITLE TRANSLATION:People of the barbarian nations - Americans.
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Labeled as the Americans, this sheet from the series *People of the Barbarian Nations* pairs its figures with a poem by writer Kanagaki Robun, which describes ships lined up in a harbor at low tide as if they were a mirage. The print dates to 1861, only a few years after Yokohama opened to foreign trade in 1859, when Japanese artists and writers were eager to record the newcomers' appearance and manners. Signed by Ichieisai Yoshitsuya and cut by the engraver Matsushima Seikichi, it offers a close look at how Western dress struck Japanese viewers of the period.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35.5 x 23 cm. (block) 37 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Cock 1. Poem by Kanagaki Robun on recto of print: Shiohigata minato ni narabu kotofune wa namima ni ouru shinkirō kamo (The ships lined up in the harbor at low tide seem a mirage). From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu zue (People of the barbarian nations). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 152; 47623a (white label); DLC Foreigners in Japan: Yokohama and related woodcuts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: The Museum 1972 no. 158 (p. 38) Earlier control number: 9943.8-1. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Upper right corner is torn with some loss to text ; red ink marks on left half. |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--American--Japan--1860-1870. Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,076 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227305 |
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