Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of foreign children at play. – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of foreign children at play.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of foreign children at play.
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Most prints of this subject show Japanese adults or city life, but this one turns to foreign children at their games, which makes it an unusual pairing of subject and style. It bears the signature "Issen Yoshikazu," and the woodblock was cut by Koizumi Minokichi, a carver of the period. The year 1860 falls just after Japan opened several ports to foreign trade in 1859, when curiosity about the newcomers fueled a popular market for pictures of foreigners in Japan. Prints like this one offer a glimpse of how Japanese artists and buyers imagined these unfamiliar visitors at play.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 22.5 cm. (block) 37.2 x 25.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey 11. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 98; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.25-18. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Children playing--Japan--1860. Foreign visitors--Japan--1860. Games--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,032 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227286 |
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