Japanese prints and drawings filing series (Library of Congress)

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Japanese prints and drawings filing series (Library of Congress)

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Title: Japanese prints and drawings filing series (Library of Congress)
Related Names:
   Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858 , artist
   Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826-1869 , artist
   Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1842?-1894 , artist
   Utagawa, Kuniteru, 1830?-1874 , artist
   Utagawa, Yoshikazu, active 1848-1863 , artist
   Utagawa, Yoshitoyo, 1830-1866 , artist
   Ikkei , artist
   Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904 , artist
   Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870 , artist
   Utagawa, Sadahide, 1807-1873 , artist
Date Created/Published: 1615-1912; bulk 1700-1890.
Medium: ca. 2545 prints : woodcut, chiefly color ; various sizes.
ca. 265 drawings : ink, some color ; various sizes.
Summary: Prints filed under JPD represent the Ukiyo-e style. Depicted are famous actors portraying noted samuri or in the role of warriors during theatrical productions. Mythical or legendary characters, courtesans and the daily life in a yoshiwara, along with the wistful world characteristeric of Ukiyo-e are prevalent. Also includes landscapes which depict a variety of scenes, from travel to tea houses, meditation to farms and farming, and often include views of water, boats and bridges, and frequently, in the background, Mount Fuji. The collection includes pillar prints, and diptychs and triptychs, some of which have been joined, others remain as single prints, though all display together. The Chadbourne collection mostly contains images relating to Japanese interest in Western dress, manners, and technology, with particular emphasis on foreigners in Japan. This collection includes images of transportation, such as the Japanese railway, horse-drawn vehicles, and foreign ships, as well as scenes in various cities, including Yokohama, Tokyo, and London; many show buildings, in particular, foreign settlement houses. Also found in the Chadbourne collection are animals, study charts for foreign languages, including English, and a few maps.
Reproduction Number: ---
Access Advisory: Materials extremely fragile; use online digital image.
Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: FP 2) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4840 USA
Notes:
- Arrangement: Organized into the series "FP 2" which is further organized into two subgroups, "JPD" and "Chadbourne"; Arrangement: JPD is arranged numerically, Chadbourne is arranged alphabetically by artist with anonymous or unidentified artists filed first.
- Finding aid (unpublished): Finding aid for Chadbourne collection describing individual prints, with transliterations and translations of caption information, available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room, filed by call number. Finding aid includes index by broad topics.
- Includes unattributed prints as well as prints signed or attributed to many artists. Some of the more prominent artists are: Utagawa Hiroshige II, Utagawa Hiroshige III, Ikkei, Utagawa Kuniteru, Utagawa Sadahide, Ochiai Yoshiiku, Utagawa Yoshikazu, Utagawa Yoshitora, Utagawa Yoshitoyo, and Andō Hiroshige.
- Many prints bear artist and censor stamps, and a seal indicating date.
- Some are items from named series, such as "One hundred famous views of Edo" and "The fifty-three stages of the Tōkaidō."
- Collection title devised by Library staff.
- Digitized images for many items in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.jpd
- Guide to the Special Collections of Prints & Photographs in the Library of Congress / compiled by Paul Vanderbilt. Washington, D.C. : 1955, nos. 522 & 549
- Special Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980, nos. 119 & 176
- Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935; (DLC/PP-1935:R01).
- Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906.
- Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909.
- Gift; Donald D. Walker.
- Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930.
- Purchase; Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth estate; 1939; (DLC/PP-1939:045).
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Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: FP 2) [P&P]
Medium: ca. 2545 prints : woodcut, chiefly color ; various sizes.
ca. 265 drawings : ink, some color ; various sizes.

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Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: FP 2) [P&P]
Medium: ca. 2545 prints : woodcut, chiefly color ; various sizes.
ca. 265 drawings : ink, some color ; various sizes.
Access Advisory: Materials extremely fragile; use online digital image.

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