Yokohama kenbutsu zueTITLE TRANSLATION:Sights in Yokohama. – Antique Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Yokohama kenbutsu zueTITLE TRANSLATION:Sights in Yokohama.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Yokohama kenbutsu zueTITLE TRANSLATION:Sights in Yokohama.
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A foreign woman is the central figure here, which sets this sheet apart from the many Yokohama views that focus on the port's streets and shipping. Yokohama had opened to foreign trade only in 1859, and its newly arrived merchants, diplomats and soldiers were a novelty that Japanese print artists eagerly portrayed. The sheet is signed by Issen Yoshikazu, a member of the Utagawa school, and the carving is attributed to Hori Take. A crease obscures part of the title, but the inscriptions label the figures as a foreigner and a foreign woman, and the subject headings point to soldiers' wives in the port.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34.6 x 24.7 cm. (block) 34.6 x 24.7 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 11. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 79; 47623a. DLC Inscriptions: Ikokujin (Foreigner) Dōnyonin (Foreign woman). Earlier control number: 9942.2-1. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Print is creased obscuring title. |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--1860. Women--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Soldiers--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Military spouses--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860. Mental states--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,986 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227670 |
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