Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oranda Oroshia Amerika nyonin AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - Dutch Russian American lady American. – Historic Photo 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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A window into the past: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oranda Oroshia Amerika nyonin AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - Dutch Russian American lady American., preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga - Oranda Oroshia Amerika nyonin AmerikaTITLE TRANSLATION:Portraits of foreigners - Dutch Russian American lady American.
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Rather than a single figure, this print gathers several foreigners under one title: a Dutch man, a Russian, and an American man and woman, all shown in Western dress. It belongs to a series called *Portraits of Foreigners*, a genre that flourished after Japan opened its ports to trade in 1859. Yokohama and Nagasaki then filled with merchants, diplomats and other visitors whose clothing, hats and hairstyles were unfamiliar to most viewers. Printmakers rendered these outsiders in bright color with close attention to fabric and cut, so the sheet also records how Japanese audiences first saw Western fashion.
| Created / published | 304 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35 x 24.5 cm. (block) 37.4 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshiiku ga. Seal date: Cock 2. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga (Portraits of foreigners). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 70; 47623a (white label). DLC Earlier control number: 9942.1-2. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Foreign visitors--Japan--1860-1870. Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. Russians--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. Americans--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. Dutch--Clothing & dress--Japan--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,999 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227230 |
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