Moko no shashinTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of a tiger. – Historic Reproduction
(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 Moko no shashinTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of a tiger., a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Moko no shashinTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of a tiger.
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Rather than a tiger, as the translated title suggests, the subject headings for this print name leopards and roosters, and the Japanese title's word "moko" (foreigner) points to the Westerners who had begun arriving in Japan's newly opened treaty ports. The signature reads Ikkeisai Yoshiiku, a prolific ukiyo-e designer of the period, and the seal is dated to a Monkey year, which matches 1860. Kanagaki Robun, a writer of popular fiction who later became known for his comic works, is listed as the creator. The color woodcut was given to the Library of Congress by Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne in 1930.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kanagaki Robun 1829-1894. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34.5 x 24 cm. (block) 34.5 x 24 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga (with pawlonia seal). Seal date: Monkey 7. Unidentified Japanese writing on verso and unidentified publishers seal. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 71; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.1-3. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Leopards--Japan--1860. Roosters--Japan--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,938 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227710 |
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