Amerikakoku jokisenchu no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Interior of an American steamship. – Antique Print
(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 Amerikakoku jokisenchu no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Interior of an American steamship. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Amerikakoku jokisenchu no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Interior of an American steamship.
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Three joined sheets show the dining saloon of an American steamship, a setting few Japanese viewers could have entered. The design is signed by Issen Yoshikazu and cut by the engraver Matsushima Seikichi, and the date of 1861 places it only two years after Yokohama opened to foreign trade. Artists in the port city produced many views of Western ships, buildings and daily life for a public eager to see unfamiliar customs. The picture is worth studying for its furnishings and seating arrangements, which record a foreign interior at a moment of intense cultural curiosity.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut color ; 35.9 x 24.4 cm. (each block) 37.2 x 25.6 cm. (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 4. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (115a) center (115b) left (115c). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 89; 47623a. DLC Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press c1990 no. 10 (p. 69) Earlier control number: 9942.25-9. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Dining rooms--Japan--1860-1870. Passenger quarters--1860-1870. Eating & drinking--Japan--1860-1870. Ships--American--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,076 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227340 |
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