An American Drawn from Life (American Man Riding a Horse)

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An American Drawn from Life (American Man Riding a Horse)

1861

Utagawa Yoshitomi (Japanese, active c. 1848-80) Published by Yamamotoya Heikichi Engraved by Katada Chōjirō, Buneidō

The tattooed figure standing behind the American on horseback is undoubtedly a Japanese groom. In Japan, men were customarily accompanied by a groom when they rode. These grooms would run alongside the riders, prepared to supply fresh straw shoes for the horse and to warn passersby to make way.

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Object Details

Titles:

An American Drawn from Life (American Man Riding a Horse)

Date:

1861

Artists:

Utagawa Yoshitomi (Japanese, active c. 1848-80) Published by Yamamotoya Heikichi Engraved by Katada Chōjirō, Buneidō

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet (Ōban tate-e): 14 1/2 × 10 inches (36.8 × 25.4 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:

1968-165-71

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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