Seijo kakkoku shaga teio kagamiTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of world sovereigns. – Historic Photograph Print
(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 Seijo kakkoku shaga teio kagamiTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of world sovereigns.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Seijo kakkoku shaga teio kagamiTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of world sovereigns.
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This sheet pairs a Portuguese missionary, Luis Frois, with emperors and kings, and its labels spell Madagascar as "Madagarasu." The design bears the signature of Yōshū Chikanobu and the engraver Hori Kame, along with a seal dated the fourth month of Meiji 12 (1879). The surviving sheets form only part of the original triptych, so the full lineup of rulers is not preserved. Such mixed groupings and misspellings reflect how Japanese readers were still learning the names and standing of foreign monarchs in the 1870s.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Utagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (2 sheets) : woodcut color ; each block 34.5 x 23 cm. each sheet 34.5 x 23 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yōshū Chikanobu fude. Hori Kame engraver. Seal date: Meiji 12th month 4th year. Incomplete triptych matted in 2 sections: right (54a) left (54b). Labels with titles: (54a) Emperor of Italy Emperor of Russia Emperor of Austria King Frois [Luis Frois missionary from Portugal] King of Madagarasu [sic] Queen of Madagarasu [sic]; (54b) King of Turkey King of Denmark Emperor of China King of Persia Empress of China King of Switzerland Queen of Switzerland. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 3-3; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 1020-3. Earlier control number: 4715-3. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Source of name: Lane p. 214; no NAR for 100; moved 700 to 500 as not enough info |
| Subjects | Heads of state--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,796 × 4,740 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227691 |
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