Yokohama tetsudō jōki shussha no zu (LOC)

Utagawa, Kunisada,, 1823-1880,, artist.

 

Yokohama tetsudō jōki shussha no zu

 

Japan : Iseya Kenkichi, [ca. 1872]

 

1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.5 x 24 cm.(each block); 37 x 24.2 cm. (each sheet)

 

Title Translation: First steam train leaving Yokohama.

 

Notes:

Japanese triptych print showing a train full of passengers with city, cliff, mountains, and ships sailing on sea in the background.

Title from item.

Signature: Baidō Kunimasa fude.

Triptych matted in 3 separate sections: right (66a), center (66b), left (66c).

Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 32; 47623a.

Earlier control number: 32.

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

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

 

Subjects:

Railroads--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880.

Passengers--Japan--Yokohama-shi--1870-1880.

 

Format: Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1870-1880.

Triptychs--Japanese--Color--1870-1880.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress) (DLC) 89711080

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.57449

 

Call Number: FP 2 - Chadbourne, no. 66 a, b, c

 

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