Igirisujin yuko Yokohama odoriTITLE TRANSLATION:Englishman dancing in Yokohama. – Historic 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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Step back in time with Igirisujin yuko Yokohama odoriTITLE TRANSLATION:Englishman dancing in Yokohama., a historic print rich in period 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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Igirisujin yuko Yokohama odoriTITLE TRANSLATION:Englishman dancing in Yokohama.
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Here a foreigner is shown dancing in Yokohama, a port that opened to international trade in 1859 and quickly drew merchants, diplomats and sailors from abroad. The print belongs to the *yokohama-e* genre, colored woodcuts that Japanese artists made for a public curious about these newcomers. Designed by Yoshitora and cut by the engraver Matsushima Seikichi, it pairs the visitor with women in elegant dress and musicians playing the shamisen. The scene is partly playful, but it also shows how Japanese artists observed and gently caricatured the foreigners living among them.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33.5 x 24.2 cm. (block) 36.6 x 24.2 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotation in pencil on mount: Englishman dancing in Yokohama. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 135; 47623a (white label); 16; LC2585; 121 3/837. DLC Foreigners in Japan: Yokohama and related woodcuts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: The Museum 1972 no. 120 (p. 34) Earlier control number: 9942.3-24. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--English--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Dance--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Musicians--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. Shamisens--1860-1870. Entertainment--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,987 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227321 |
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