Yokohama ijin shokan zashiki no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Parlour of a foreign mercantile house in Yokohama. – Antique Print
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This rare historic print captures Yokohama ijin shokan zashiki no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Parlour of a foreign mercantile house in Yokohama. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Yokohama ijin shokan zashiki no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Parlour of a foreign mercantile house in Yokohama.
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Set in a foreign trading house in Yokohama, this woodcut shows a parlour arranged in the foreign manner, with the foreign visitors and residents who spent their time there. It dates to 1861, only a few years after Yokohama opened to foreign trade under the 1858 treaties, when Japanese artists were eager to record the unfamiliar habits of the newcomers. The print is signed by Gountei Sadahide, and the record credits Kanagaki Robun, who later became a well-known writer of comic fiction. Only the two side sheets survive, so the central section of this triptych is missing and the scene is seen only in part.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (2 sheets) : woodcut color ; 36.5 x 23.3 cm. (each block) 37 x 23.5 cm. (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Minamoto. Seal date: Cock 9. Possibly a triptych print matted in separate sections: right (93a) left (93b); center section is missing. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 4; 47623a (white label). DLC Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press c1990 no. 21 (p. 98; left panel only) Earlier control number: 7710-9. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Eating & drinking--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Entertainment--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Lodging houses--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,631 × 4,531 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227639 |
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