Chutenjiku hakurai ozo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Big imported elephant from India. – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Chutenjiku hakurai ozo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Big imported elephant from India.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Chutenjiku hakurai ozo no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Big imported elephant from India.
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A large elephant imported from India is the subject here, a sight few people in Japan had ever seen. Elephants were almost unknown there before the 1860s, so a living animal drew crowds and inspired a brief run of printed images like this color woodcut. The print is signed by Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, and the record credits Kanagaki Robun, who later became a well-known writer of popular fiction. Notice how the bold color and the animal's sheer scale make the print feel like a news item of its day.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34.5 x 24 cm. (block) 36 x 24.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo ga. Seal date: Boar 2. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 151; 47623a; LC2585. DLC Earlier control number: 9943.53. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Elephants--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,943 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227641 |
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