Komojin no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of a red-haired man. – Antique Photo 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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This rare historic print captures Komojin no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of a red-haired man. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Komojin no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Portrait of a red-haired man.
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Komojin no zu, or *Portrait of a Red-Haired Man*, shows a foreign visitor in a tall top hat and European dress. The term *komojin*, meaning red-haired person, was used broadly for Westerners. Engraved in 1845 by Matsushima Seikichi, the print belongs to the late Edo-period tradition of *ijinzu*, pictures of foreigners made for a public curious about Dutch traders at Nagasaki and other outsiders. Artists of this kind often mixed close observation with guesswork, so the clothing and features here are worth reading as a record of how Japanese viewers pictured Westerners. It is a woodcut printed in color.
| Created / published | 1845 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 32 x 12 cm. (block) 35 x 12.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 155; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 11. DLC Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--1840-1880. Men--Clothing & dress--Japan--1840-1880. Top hats--1840-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,621 × 4,501 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227668 |
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