Amerika Furansu NankinTITLE TRANSLATION:American French Chinese. – Antique Print
(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 Amerika Furansu NankinTITLE TRANSLATION:American French Chinese. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Amerika Furansu NankinTITLE TRANSLATION:American French Chinese.
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A seated man with a book in his lap peers through a pair of opera glasses, while a woman beside him holds a large glass and a Chinese man stands behind them, the three named in the title as American, French and Chinese. Prints like this, often called Yokohama-e, caught Japanese buyers' curiosity about foreign visitors after the port opened in 1859, and such figures were usually drawn for comic effect. The cataloguers found it hard to say which figure was meant to be the American, which adds to the joke.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35 x 25.2 cm. (block) 25 x 25.2 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Motome ni ozu Hiroshige ga (by request). Seal date: Monkey 10. Clipping from a catalog picture and text: No. 100 American French and Chinese. A man seated with a book in his lap is gazing through a pair of opera glasses; by his side is a lady with a large glass of tea(?) and a Chinaman stands behind him. It is hard to tell which is the American! Signed: (By request) Hiroshige II. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 5; 47623a (white label); LC2585. Earlier control number: 4162-2. 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--Japan--1860. Foreign visitors--Chinese--Japan--1860. Foreign visitors--French--Japan--1860. Spectators--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,602 × 4,445 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227659 |
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