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[Two Japanese men and one foreigner riding on a horse while a Japanese farmer walks] – Antique Print

[Two Japanese men and one foreigner riding on a horse while a Japanese farmer walks], 1850 — historic print
[Two Japanese men and one foreigner riding on a horse while a Japanese farmer walks], 1850. 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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A foreign rider seated on a horse between two Japanese men, with a farmer walking alongside on foot, makes this woodcut stand out, since foreign figures were relatively rare subjects in Japanese prints of this period. Matsushima Seikichi cut and printed the color woodblock in 1850, when Japan's contact with outsiders was tightly restricted, so the scene offers a glimpse of an unusual encounter. Its title was devised by Library of Congress staff rather than taken from the print, so the description of the scene is their reading of the image.

Created / published1850
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 24 cm. (block) 36 x 24.5 cm. (sheet)
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Annotions stamps etc. on verso of print: 185; 47623a (white label). Also untranslated text. Earlier control number: 236.3-33. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress).
SubjectsHorses--Japan--1850-1900. Men--Japanese--Japan--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--1850-1900. Farmers--Japan--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,689 × 4,530 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227655

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