Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oroshia Amerika nyoninTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - Russians American lady. – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oroshia Amerika nyoninTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - Russians American lady., a historic print rich in period 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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Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oroshia Amerika nyoninTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - Russians American lady.
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Two foreign women in Western dress stand at the center of this print, one identified in the title as Russian and the other as American. The series title, *Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga* (Portraits of foreigners), points to the wave of woodblock prints that appeared after Japan opened its ports to foreign trade in 1859. Such images gave buyers a close look at the unfamiliar clothing, hairstyles and manners of visitors from abroad. The print is attributed in its record to Ikkeisai Yoshiiku, a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and the seal date corresponds to 1861, when the designs were a popular and fashionable novelty.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 22 x 33 cm. (block) 22.4 x 34.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (Portraits of foreigners). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 72-; 47623a (white label); 44. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.1-4. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Russians--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. Americans--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 3,998 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227231 |
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