About this image...

Image Title: Amerika Nigiwai No Zu, 1861

Creator: Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869, artist

Date: 1861.

Summary: Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen that appeared in the March 7, 1860, issue of the Illustrated London news.

Notes: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the , 2001, no. 70 (p. 132)

Subjects: Americans--Clothing & dress--1860-1870
City & town life--1860-1870

Original Media: Woodcut print

Collections: Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915 » more info...

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