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[Japanese Ukiyo-e print] – Vintage Wall Art

[Japanese Ukiyo-e print], 1750 — historic print
[Japanese Ukiyo-e print], 1750. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of [Japanese Ukiyo-e print]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Printed across two sheets as a diptych, this color woodcut is set apart by its wide format, which lets a single scene run across both halves of the paper. Its engraver, Matsushima Seikichi, worked within the Edo-period ukiyo-e tradition, where separate woodblocks were carved and inked for each color, so a print like this reflects the work of several hands. The catalog dates it to 1750 but files its subject under ethnic groups from 1800 to 1850, a mismatch worth keeping in mind for researchers. The composition depends on reading the two sheets together, so it is worth looking at how they join.

Created / published1750
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut color.
NotesDiptych matted in 2 sections: left (1654a) right (1654b). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Diptych (A on C-size mount)
SubjectsEthnic groups--1800-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan4,168 × 5,875 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227344

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