[Ladies in the country] – Historic Reproduction
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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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A window into the past: [Ladies in the country], preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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What sets these two woodcuts apart is their focus on women in a rural setting, a theme far less common than the city beauties that dominate Edo-period prints. The record dates the design to 1720, early in the Kyoho era, when ukiyo-e artists were producing many images of fashionable women. The engraver, Koizumi Minokichi, lived from 1833 to 1906, so this impression was likely cut in the Meiji period as a later rendering of an older design. That gap is worth noticing, because it shows how woodblock traditions continued long after the original prints first appeared.
| Created / published | 1720 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 2 prints : woodcut. |
| Notes | Title and other information based on data written on mount and Richard Lanes Masters of the Japanese print 1962 pp. 130-134. Forms part of: Visual materials from Donald D. Walker collection. Preliminary catalog record |
| Subjects | Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1720-1750. Country life--Japan--1720-1750. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,561 × 3,665 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227261 |
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