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Yokohama ijin kan no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign settlement house in Yokohama. – Historic Reproduction

Yokohama ijin kan no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign settlement house in Yokohama., 1861 — historic print
Yokohama ijin kan no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign settlement house in Yokohama., 1861. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(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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A window into the past: Yokohama ijin kan no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign settlement house in Yokohama., preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Printed across three joined sheets, this woodcut shows a foreign settlement house in Yokohama, a port that opened to foreign trade in 1859 and became a novel sight for local townspeople. The record dates it to 1861 and lists two artists under the name Utagawa Hiroshige, one of whom worked in the 1860s. Its subjects include foreign visitors, lodgings, shops and street vendors, so the print records the mixed commerce that grew up around the foreign quarter. Look closely at the figures and goods to see how Japanese printmakers pictured the newcomers.

Created / published1861
CreatorUtagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist.
Medium1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut color ; 36.4 x 72 cm. (each block) 36.8 x 72.6 cm. (each sheet)
NotesTitle from item. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Cock 10. Horikō Fuka Chō. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 50; 47623a; 1010. Earlier control number: 4162.13. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress).
SubjectsForeign visitors--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Lodging houses--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Stores & shops--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Street vendors--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan5,141 × 4,148 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227674

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