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1961

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2015

2025

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Print, An American Officer Indicating Directions to his Wife ("Amerikajin"), from "Japanese Translations of Barbarian Words ("Bango wakai")

This is a Print. It was print maker: Yoshitora Utagawa. It is dated 1863 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is woodcut on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Hamill & Barker. It is credited Gift of Hamill and Barker.

Its dimensions are

36.8 × 25.3 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

"Amerikajin" (Americans)

Cite this object as

Print, An American Officer Indicating Directions to his Wife ("Amerikajin"), from "Japanese Translations of Barbarian Words ("Bango wakai"); Print Maker: Yoshitora Utagawa (Japanese, active 1850 - 1870); Japan; woodcut on paper; 36.8 × 25.3 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.); Gift of Hamill and Barker; 1961-105-154

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