Russia (A Russian Officer and His Wife)

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Russia (A Russian Officer and His Wife)

1861

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Published by Maruya Tetsujirō

Although Japanese artists made sincere attempts to accurately portray their subjects' appearances, their lack of familiarity with the details of Western costume is often apparent. In this print, the upper portion of the woman's dress is rendered in a wrap style typical of Japanese kimonos, which is completely unrepresentative of the fashionable Western dresses of the day, designed to have tight-fitting bodices that accentuated a woman's small waist in contrast to the ballooning swell of her skirt.

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Object Details

Titles:

Russia (A Russian Officer and His Wife)
From Pictures of People from Foreign Lands

Date:

1861

Artists:

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Published by Maruya Tetsujirō

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet (Ōban tate-e): 14 × 9 3/4 inches (35.6 × 24.8 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:

1968-165-30

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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