Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Man and woman of South America?]
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Accession number:
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31176
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Record number:
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31176-1
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JCB call number:
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L720 N723s
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Image title:
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[Man and woman of South America?]
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Place image published:
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[Kyoto]
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Image publisher:
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[Ibaragi Tazaemon]
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Image date:
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[1720]
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Image function:
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plate; recto leaf [29]
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Technique:
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xylograph, hand-coloring
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Image dimension height:
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22.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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31.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Japanese
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Description:
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Native American man and woman of South America, or perhaps the Philipines. Cultural artifacts include bow, arrows, feathered headdresses and garment.
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Source creator:
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Nishikawa, Joken, 1648-1724
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Source Title:
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Shijûni-koku Jinbutsu zusetsu
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Source place of publication:
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[Kyoto]
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Source publisher:
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[Ibaragi Tazaemon]
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Source date:
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1720
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notes:
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This image is in a book, one of the first Japanese pictorial ethnographies, which has a description of people from each of the 42 barbarian countries outside of Japan. Published in two editions in 1720, this one-volume Kyoto edition is extremely scarce.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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References:
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Boxer, C.R. Jan Compagnie in Japan, 1600-1850, p.17-18
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1952.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America
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