Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu – Vintage Print
![Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu, Japan : Ōmeidō, [1879]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/eb/eb6519f6ebd7-L.webp)
(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 Furansu Igirisu sanpei daichōsen no zu, a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This three-sheet triptych shows a military maneuver at Yokohama involving French and English troops, a subject that reflects the foreign military presence in the port during the 1870s. The print is signed by Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi, a Meiji-period woodblock artist who often depicted Western subjects for a curious urban audience. In 1879 Japan was reorganizing its army along European lines, with French military advisers especially influential, so scenes of Western drill carried both novelty and political meaning. Printed in color from woodblocks, the sheets are worth studying for how the artist rendered unfamiliar uniforms, formations and foreign faces.
| Created / published | Japan : Ōmeidō, [1879]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35.8 x 24 cm. (each block), 35.8 x 24.5 cm. (each sheet) |
| Genre | Triptychs Japanese 1870-1880.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi fude (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Hare 8. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (181a), center (181b), left (181c). Annotation in pencil on mount of 181a: Utagawa, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Military Manoeuvres of the English and French armies / Pt III. DLC Annotation in pencil on mount of 181b: Utagawa, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Military Manoeuvres of the English and French armies / Pt II. DLC Annotation in pencil on mount of 181c: Utagawa, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Military Manoeuvres of the English and French armies / Pt I. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of 181a: 148(3); LC2585; 8-2. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of 181b: 148(2); LC2585; 8-1. DLC Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of 181c: 148; LC2585. DLC Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan / Ann Yonemura. Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian |
| Subjects | Military training--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. Military maneuvers--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. Military personnel--French--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. Military personnel--English--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,592 × 4,488 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221919 |
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