Komojin no zu: KuroboTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of red-haired man [i.e. foreigner] and black attendant [Javanese]. – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Komojin no zu: KuroboTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of red-haired man [i.e. foreigner] and black attendant [Javanese]. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Komojin no zu: KuroboTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of red-haired man [i.e. foreigner] and black attendant [Javanese].
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Titled *Komojin no zu: Kurobo*, this woodcut pairs a red-haired foreigner with a dark-skinned attendant, a combination that drew Japanese curiosity when Western visitors were rare. Nagasaki was the one port where Dutch and Chinese traders were allowed under Tokugawa restrictions, and artists there often depicted these outsiders and their servants. The record gives 1850 as the date and names Koizumi Minokichi as engraver, though he would have been a teenager then, so the date is probably an attribution. A pencilled note on the mount also labels the print as a Nagasaki piece.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 37.5 x 14 cm. (block) 42.2 x 15 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Annotation in pencil on back mount: Nagasaki print. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 166; 47623a (white label); LC2585. Earlier control number: 236.3-14. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Military officers--American--1850-1900. Servants--Japan--1850-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,601 × 4,540 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227718 |
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