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[Tsukiji hotel] – Antique Wall Art

[Tsukiji hotel], 1850 — historic print
[Tsukiji hotel], 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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The Tsukiji Hotel, shown across these two sheets, was built for foreign guests in the Tsukiji settlement in Tokyo, one of the first hotels in the city designed for Western visitors. The woodcut is signed by Kunishige and was printed in color with the engraving work credited to Matsushima Seikichi, and it may be one panel of a larger triptych. The record dates it to 1850, but the hotel is usually linked to the late 1860s, so that date deserves checking. The scene reflects the opening of Japan to foreign residents and travelers and the new Western-style buildings that came with them.

Created / published1850
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print on hōsho paper (2 sheets) : woodcut color ; 35.8 x 23.5 cm. (each block) 36.3 x 24.5 cm. (each sheet)
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Signature: Kunishige ga. Katada Hori Chō. Seal date is illegible. Diptych matted in two sections: right (67a) left (67b). Possibly part of a triptych with one missing panel. Annotation in pencil on mount: Tsukiji Hotel (right) Kunishige. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 23; LC2585; 47623a; 30-2. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Source of name (100): unverified; No NAR for 100; this name is used as an alternative name for Toyokuni II but his dates (1777-1835) are too early; moved 700 to 500 as not enough info. abbreviation of Chōjirō on some pieces.
SubjectsHotels--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,597 × 4,487 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227368

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