Amerika nigiwai no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Picture of flourishing...

CALL NUMBER:FP 2 - Chadbourne, no. 36 (D size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZC4-8473 (color film copy transparency of right section)
LC-USZC4-8474 (color film copy transparency of center section)
LC-USZC4-8475 (color film copy transparency of left section)
LC-USZ62-20434 (b&w film copy neg. of center section)
No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen that appeared in the March 7, 1860, issue of the Illustrated London news.

MEDIUM:1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; each block 35.5 x 24.5 cm.; each sheet 35.5 x 24.5 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:Japan : Yamajin (Yamashiroya Jinbei), 1861.

CREATOR:

Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1842?-1894, artist.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Signature: Hiroshige ga.

Seal date: Cock 9.

Triptych formerly housed in 3 separate sections; rehoused in single mat.

Annotation in pencil on mount: H1.

From series entitled: Images of the western world.

Annotations, stamps, etc., on verso of print: 4; LC2585; 47623a (white label).

The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, no. 70 (p. 132)

Yokohama ukiyoe : Reflection of the cultures of Yokohama in days of the port opening / Tsuneo Tamba. [Japan : 1962]

Earlier control number: 4162.

Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a).

Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress).

Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

Source of name (700): LCNA; there are 2 700s, which one is it? Assigned to Hiroshige II based on information from LC exhibit website.

SUBJECTS:

Americans--Clothing & dress--1860-1870.
City & town life--1860-1870.

FORMAT:

Woodcuts Japanese Color 1860-1870.
Triptychs Japanese Color 1860-1870.

PART OF:Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(color film transparency of 36, left section) cph 3g08475
(color film transparency of 36, center section) cph 3g08474
(color film transparency of 36, right section) cph 3g08473
(b&w film copy neg. of 36, center section) cph 3a21634

CARD #:2002700152

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3g00000-3g08000-3g08400-3g08474


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