Amerikajin yugyoTITLE TRANSLATION:Americans taking a stroll. – Historic Reproduction
(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 Amerikajin yugyoTITLE TRANSLATION:Americans taking a stroll. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Amerikajin yugyoTITLE TRANSLATION:Americans taking a stroll.
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Titled *Amerikajin yugyo*, or "Americans Taking a Stroll," this color woodcut shows American residents out walking with their families, a leisure scene that would have looked unfamiliar to many Japanese viewers in the 1860s. The design is signed by Ippōsai Yoshifuji, and the block was engraved by Matsushima Seikichi. It belongs to the Yokohama-e tradition, which grew up after the port opened to foreign trade in 1859 and the foreign settlement drew merchants, diplomats and their households. Prints like this one record how Japanese artists observed the newcomers' clothing, manners and pastimes.
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35.5 x 24.2 cm. (block) 37.5 x 25.2 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ippōsai Yoshifuji ga. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 187; LC2585; 47623a (white label); 29. DLC Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press c1990 no. 50 (p. 137) Earlier control number: 9941-1. 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--1860-1870. Families--Japan--1860-1870. Walking--Japan--1860-1870. Recreation--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,067 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227653 |
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