Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - IgirisuTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - English. – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - IgirisuTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - English.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - IgirisuTITLE TRANSLATION:People from foreign lands - English.
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An Englishman, rendered in the Japanese title as *Igirisu*, is the figure this sheet singles out from the wider *Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi* ("People from foreign lands") series. The subject headings point to foreign dress and to soldiers, so the figure likely stands for the military men and visitors who arrived after Japan opened its ports in the late 1850s. The sheet was designed by Utagawa Yoshitora and cut by the engraver Matsushima Seikichi, with text attributed to the writer Kanagaki Robun, who later became known for his popular Meiji-era books. Its seal date places it in 1860, a time when such prints gave urban audiences a curious, sometimes comic, view of newcomers.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver.Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 22 cm. (block) 37.5 x 25.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Monkey 12. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 131; 47623a (white label). DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-20. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--English--Japan--1860. English--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860. Soldiers--English--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,005 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227309 |
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