Russians (A Russian Couple)

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Russians (A Russian Couple)

1861

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active c. 1850-70) Published by Yorozuya Kichibei, Daikichi

The Russian woman portrayed here holds a Yokohama print depicting a Western couple, an inclusion perhaps intended to promote the sale of these images.

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Object Details

Titles:

Russians (A Russian Couple)

Date:

1861

Artists:

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active c. 1850-70) Published by Yorozuya Kichibei, Daikichi

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet (Ōban tate-e): 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (36.5 × 24.4 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and with funds contributed by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, Dr. Emanuel Wolff, the Derald and Janet Ruttenberg Foundation, Mrs. Edward G. Budd, Jr., and David P. Willis, 1968

Accession Number:

1968-165-55

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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