Gokakoku ijin shuen no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Banquet of five nations [Yokohama club]. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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 Gokakoku ijin shuen no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Banquet of five nations [Yokohama club].. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gokakoku ijin shuen no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Banquet of five nations [Yokohama club].
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Few Yokohama prints show a scene as specific as this two-sheet diptych, which depicts foreign visitors at a banquet in the port city, with inscriptions in American, Russian, Dutch and English. Yokohama had opened to foreign trade only a few years before 1861, and printmakers quickly turned its newcomers, merchants and diplomats into a popular genre of "Yokohama pictures" that showed Japanese audiences these unfamiliar guests and their habits. The sheets are signed by Utagawa Yoshikazu, and the record also credits the engraving to Hori Sen, a reminder that a single woodblock print passed through several skilled hands.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (2 sheets) : woodcut color ; 36 x 24.5 cm. (each block) 37.3 x 25 cm. (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Sen. Seal date: Cock 3. Diptych matted in separate sections: right (125a) left (125b). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 91; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 15-2. DLC Written in pencil on mat: Utagawa Yoshikazu Gokakoku ijin shuen no zu ; diptych Pt II. DLC Inscriptions: (American Russian Dutch English). 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. Banquets--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Eating & drinking--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,987 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227249 |
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