Bankoku jinbutsu zue - Itaria kokuoTITLE TRANSLATION:People of barbarian nations - king of Italy. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Bankoku jinbutsu zue - Itaria kokuoTITLE TRANSLATION:People of barbarian nations - king of Italy.
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Few sheets in this series name a head of state, and this one shows the king of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II, who had become ruler of a newly unified Italy that same year. Japanese woodblock artists produced such pictures after the ports opened to foreign trade around Yokohama in 1859, when townspeople were eager to see what the newcomers looked like. The design is by Ichieisai Yoshitsuya and the cutting by Matsushima Seikichi, and its costume details show how artists translated distant European figures for domestic viewers.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 22 cm. (block) 37 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga. Seal date: Cock 1. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu zue (People of the barbarian nations). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 153; LC2585; 4; 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. 160 (p. 38) Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Italians--Japan--1860-1870. Kings--Italy--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,016 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227702 |
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