Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu – Vintage Print
![Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu, Japan : Ōmeidō, [1879]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9eaf4d5298d3-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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This three-sheet woodcut shows a Western military drill staged in Yokohama, the treaty port where foreign soldiers, traders, and residents lived side by side with Japanese townspeople. Its title, which translates roughly as "Picture of the Grand Military Maneuver of the French and English Troops," and its publisher's imprint, Ōmeidō, date it to about 1879, early in the Meiji period. The artist, Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi, signed it and added a seal dated to the Hare year. Prints like this, often called Yokohama-e, gave Japanese audiences a close and curious look at foreign uniforms, weapons, and manners during a time of rapid change.
| Created / published | Japan : Ōmeidō, [1879]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35.8 x 24 cm. (each block), 35.8 x 24.5 cm. (each sheet) |
| Genre | Triptychs Japanese 1870-1880.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi fude (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Hare 8. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (181a), center (181b), left (181c). Annotation in pencil on mount of 181a: Utagawa, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Military Manoeuvres of the English and French armies / Pt III. DLC Annotation in pencil on mount of 181b: Utagawa, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Military Manoeuvres of the English and French armies / Pt II. DLC Annotation in pencil on mount of 181c: Utagawa, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Military Manoeuvres of the English and French armies / Pt I. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of 181a: 148(3); LC2585; 8-2. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of 181b: 148(2); LC2585; 8-1. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of 181c: 148; LC2585. DLC Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian |
| Subjects | Military training--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. Military maneuvers--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. Military personnel--French--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. Military personnel--English--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,577 × 4,502 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221920 |
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