Ikoku kotoba - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign words - America. – Historic Reproduction
(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 Ikoku kotoba - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign words - America. in remarkable 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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Ikoku kotoba - AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:Foreign words - America.
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Its title, *Ikoku kotoba*, means "Foreign words," and this sheet is labeled for America, though its inscriptions name a Russian woman and an English man. The print comes from the Yokohama woodcut tradition of about 1860, when the port had just opened to foreign trade and foreign dress and speech drew intense public curiosity. The text is credited to Kanagaki Robun, who later became known for popular comic fiction. The design is signed by Keisai Yoshiiku and cut by the engraver Matsushima Seikichi, and the clothing is worth studying closely, since such prints offered Japanese viewers an early, often playful look at foreigners.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 37 x 25 cm. (block) 37.5 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Keisai Yoshiiku hitsu. Engraving attributed to: Horikō Fuka Chō. Seal date: Monkey 12. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 76; [476]23a. DLC Inscriptions: Roshiya (Russian [woman]) Igirisu (English [man]). Foreigners in Japan: Yokohama and related woodcuts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: The Museum 1972 no. 63 (p. 28) Earlier control number: 9942.1-9. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Japanese language--1860. Foreign visitors--Japan--1860. Russians--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860. English--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,008 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227316 |
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