Woman in European-style Dress with Cockatoo and Leopard
Woodblock Print
1860 (made)
1860 (made)
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Following the signing of trading treaties in the 1850s, a number of ports in Japan were opened up for overseas trade. Previously limited to the Dutch in Nagasaki, the conspicuous presence of Europeans and Americans in Japan was picked up in commercially published prints. This woodblock print juxtaposes a woman in European-style dress (possibly Dutch) with two imported creatures, a leopard and a cockatoo. The display of exotic animals was a popular spectacle around this time, but imported prints and picture books were also used as source material by artists.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour woodblock print on paper |
| Brief description | Woodblock print of woman in European-style dress with cockatoo and leopard from the series 'Pictures of Birds and Animals' by Utagawa Yoshimori (1830-1884), Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1860. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 鳥獣図会 (Series title)
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| Summary | Following the signing of trading treaties in the 1850s, a number of ports in Japan were opened up for overseas trade. Previously limited to the Dutch in Nagasaki, the conspicuous presence of Europeans and Americans in Japan was picked up in commercially published prints. This woodblock print juxtaposes a woman in European-style dress (possibly Dutch) with two imported creatures, a leopard and a cockatoo. The display of exotic animals was a popular spectacle around this time, but imported prints and picture books were also used as source material by artists. |
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| Accession number | E.5-1965 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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