Bushu Yokohama meisho zu - Amerika bijo hatobaTITLE TRANSLATION:Sights in Yokohama - American beauty jetty. – 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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This rare historic print captures Bushu Yokohama meisho zu - Amerika bijo hatobaTITLE TRANSLATION:Sights in Yokohama - American beauty jetty. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bushu Yokohama meisho zu - Amerika bijo hatobaTITLE TRANSLATION:Sights in Yokohama - American beauty jetty.
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An American beauty at the landing stage, or *hatoba*, is the focus of this Yokohama view, where the title and subjects point to a Western woman in fashionable dress and a sidesaddle ride. Yokohama had opened to foreign trade in 1859, and its waterfront drew Japanese printmakers eager to record the newcomers' clothing, horses and manners. The record credits the design to Toyohara Kunichika and others, while the signature reads Yoshitora, a reminder that these series were often produced by several workshops. The print offers a useful glimpse of how Japanese artists pictured the treaty port in its earliest years.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 23 cm. (block) 36.2 x 23.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. Engraving attributed to: Hori Chō. From series entitled: Yokohama meishō zu (Sights in Yokohama). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 118; 47623a (white label). DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-7. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--American--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Sidesaddle riding--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Beauty--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Jetties--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,965 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227250 |
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