Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin - Ryōgokubashi – Vintage Wall Art
![Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin - Ryōgokubashi, Japan : [Yamaguchiya Tōbei], 1861. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/97/9718de84dfc4-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin - Ryōgokubashi, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ryōgokubashi, the Ryōgoku Bridge over the Sumida River, is the setting, and the figures are Americans in Western dress rather than Edo townspeople, which sets this sheet apart from others in its series. It comes from a set titled *Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin*, or "Foreign Sightseers at Famous Spots in Edo," issued in 1861, a few years after treaty ports opened and foreigners began traveling through the capital. The designer, Gountei Sadahide, was a prolific ukiyo-e artist, and the record attributes the carving to Yokogawa Hori Iwa. Viewers may find it worth comparing the visitors' clothing and bearing with the crowd on the bridge, since the scene records how Edo residents and newcomers regarded one another during a period of rapid change.
| Created / published | Japan : [Yamaguchiya Tōbei], 1861. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut, color ; 36.5 x 25.8 cm. (block), 37.4 x 25.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Woodcuts Japanese Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokogawa Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock 7. May be section of a triptych. From series entitled: Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin (Foreign sightseers at famous spots in Edo). Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 41; LC2585; 47623a (white label). DLC Inscription: Amerika (Americans). Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1990, Figure 8 (p. 28) Earlier control number: 7710-3. 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--Edo--1860-1870. Sightseers--Japan--Edo--1860-1870. Americans--Clothing & dress--Japan--Edo--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,172 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116804 |
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