Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia FransuTITLE TRANSLATION:People of various nations - Russians French. – Antique Wall Art
(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 window into the past: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia FransuTITLE TRANSLATION:People of various nations - Russians French., preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi - Oroshia FransuTITLE TRANSLATION:People of various nations - Russians French.
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Where many sheets in this series show foreigners in general, this one is titled for a Russian and a Frenchman, and its record highlights horseback riding and women's dress as its subjects. Woodblock artists of the 1860s produced many such pictures after Japan opened its ports to foreign trade, when foreign residents in Yokohama and Nagasaki drew strong public curiosity. The record credits Utagawa Hiroshige, but the signature reads Yoshitora, a reminder that studio names and attributions were often confused in this period. The clothing and riding gear are the details most worth studying for how Japanese printmakers recorded unfamiliar Western fashions.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Utagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33.5 x 21.0 cm. (block) 37.5 x 25.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. From series entitled: Bankoku jinbutsu no uchi (People of the various nations). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 140; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-28. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Russian--Japan--1860-1870. Foreign visitors--French--Japan--1860-1870. Horseback riding--Japan--1860-1870. Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,011 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227304 |
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