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| Keywords: Kunichika-Kogiku-in-Saruwaka-Cho.jpeg Kogiku in Saruwaka-Cho SUMMARY Ukiyo-e print showing a beautiful woman Kogiku looking at photographic portraits cartes de visite possibly of her admirers Photography was so new in Japan when this print was created that the artist is also representing his country's growing contact with the western world and modern technology The sake and grilled fish in the rectangle above the woman's head show one restaurant's culinary specialties The long vertical cartouche on the right calls the woman Kogiku which translates as small chrysanthemum and gives the address in Saruwaka-Cho now Asakusa an entertainment district in Japan's capital city The stamp on the carte de visite represents the noted Tokyo portrait photographer Uchida Kuichi 1844 “1875 who had a studio in Asakusa MEDIUM 1 print woodcut color ; 37 × 25 cm Format Vertical Oban Library of Congress Prints Photographs Division LC-DIG-ppmsca-18843 digital file from original print http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/ppmsca/18800/18843u tif uncompressed archival TIFF version 71 MB color level pick white and black point cropped and converted to JPEG quality level 88 with the GIMP 2 4 5 1878 Creator Kunichika Toyohara No known restriction on publication LOC-image ppmsca 18843 PD-old-100 Kunichika Toyohara Ukiyo-e of ordinary people Cartes de visite Fish in art Sake in art | ||||
