Nankin OroshiyTITLE TRANSLATION:Chinese Russian. – 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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Nankin OroshiyTITLE TRANSLATION:Chinese Russian.
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This print takes its title, "Nankin Oroshiya," from the two foreign groups it shows: Chinese, or "Nankin," and Russian, or "Oroshiya." It is one of the Yokohama woodcuts that appeared after the port opened to foreign trade in 1859, when Western and Chinese residents and visitors became a popular subject for printmakers in the city. The signature credits the design to Hiroshige, though the record gives the artist as Ando Hiroshige II, and the engraver is listed as Matsushima Seikichi. The seal date corresponds to 1860, and the print is a useful record of how contemporary Japanese artists portrayed these newcomers.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35 x 24.5 cm. (block) 35 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request). Seal date: Monkey 12. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 8; 47623a (white label); LC2585. Yokohama ukiyoe : Reflection of the cultures of Yokohama in days of the port opening / Tsuneo Tamba. [Japan : 1962] Earlier control number: 4162-8. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Form of name (100) in original record: Ando Hiroshige [II]; What does by request in signature refer to? ga?; Source of name (100): Lane p. 253. |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Russian--Japan--1860. Foreign visitors--Chinese--Japan--1860. Painting--Japan--1860. Military officers--Russian--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,104 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227663 |
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