Uma nori zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of horse-riders. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Uma nori zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Melange of horse-riders., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Titled *Uma nori zukushi*, or "Melange of horse-riders," this woodcut gathers a range of riders in one composition, a common format in Meiji-era print series that catalogued types of people and pastimes. Horseback riding was a fashionable novelty in Japan during the 1870s and 1880s, as the country adopted Western customs, and the print's subject heading points to the mix of Japanese and Western clothing worn by riders of the period. The writer credited in the record, Kanagaki Robun (1829–1894), was a popular author known for satirical fiction about Tokyo's changing society. The artist's identity is uncertain, with the record suggesting Kobayashi Eijirō as a possibility.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894 writer. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 22.5 cm. (block) 36 x 24 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: unidentified. Artist is possibly Eijirō Koboyoshi or Kobayashi. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 73; 47623a; 13. Earlier control number: 236.3-16. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Source of name (100): unverified; No NAR; possibly Eiichiro Kobayashi? One reference on Google to artist named Eijiro Kobayashi. |
| Subjects | Horseback riding--Japan--1870-1880. Japanese--Clothing & dress--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,587 × 4,481 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227698 |
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