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[Children parading] – Historic Print

[Children parading] — historic print
[Children parading]. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(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 [Children parading], a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This color woodcut shows a group of children marching in a parade, each playing a hand drum, a detail that sets it apart from many images of children at play. It dates to about 1875, early in the Meiji period, when Japan was rapidly reorganizing its government and society after centuries of Tokugawa rule. Woodblock prints of this era often recorded everyday street life, seasonal events, and popular entertainment for a broad urban audience. Such scenes give a sense of how children's games and neighborhood processions looked during a time of quick change.

Medium1 print : woodcut, color.
Genredreams and substances
Notes[ca. 1875]
SubjectsChildren--Japanese--Japan--1870-1880. Hand drums--Japanese--Japan--1870-1880. Play (Recreation)--Japan--1870-1880. Parades & processions--Japan--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,761 × 4,699 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222113

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