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[Japanese Ukiyo-e print] – Historic Reproduction

[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]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This color woodcut is a two-sheet diptych, so its composition runs across a pair of joined sheets, and the Library of Congress record credits the engraver Matsushima Seikichi. The record gives a date of 1750, but its subject heading points to ethnic groups in the 1800 to 1850 range, so the dating deserves a closer look before it is cited. Japanese color woodcuts of this kind were built up from a separate block for each color, pressed in sequence, and the wide format of a diptych gave printmakers room to show people and their dress in more detail than a single sheet allowed. Read it as a document of its period, with the exact date still open.

Created / published1750
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut color.
NotesDiptych matted in 2 sections: left (1471a) right (1471b). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Diptych (A on C-size)
SubjectsEthnic groups--1800-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,919 × 5,745 px · prints to 13 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227347

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