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Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo Japanese
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The excitement generated by the public display of exotic foreign animals such as tigers, camels, and elephants was captured by artists in the port cities of Nagasaki and Yokohama.
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一龍斎芳豊画 「新渡舶来之大象」
Title: Newly Imported Great Elephant (Shinto hakurai no daizō)
Artist:
Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo (Japanese, 1830–1866)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1863
Culture: Japan
Medium: Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Dimensions:
Image (a): 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 cm, 24130 g)
Image (b): 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Object Number: 2007.49.249a, b
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