Amerikajin - bango wakaiTITLE TRANSLATION:Americans - Japanese translations of barbaric languages. – Antique Wall Art
(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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Set in 1863, this woodcut focuses on American visitors and the clothing that set them apart from the Japanese people around them. The print is signed by the artist Utagawa Yoshitora and published by Yamashiroya Jinbei, and its subject is a conversation involving the Americans. It appeared a few years after Japan opened its ports to foreign trade under the 1858 treaties, when foreigners were a new and much-discussed presence. Prints like this were popular with urban buyers curious about the newcomers, so they reveal as much about Japanese fascination with foreigners as about the visitors themselves.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Utagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35.8 x 23.9 cm. (block) 36.5 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Boar. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 116; LC2585; 47623a (white label); 15. DLC Inscription: Amerikajin (Americans). Earlier control number: 9942.3-4. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--American--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. Conversation--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,986 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227302 |
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