Newly Imported Great Elephant (Shinto hakurai no daizō)

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo Japanese

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The excitement generated by the public display of exotic foreign animals such as tigers, camels, and elephants was captured by artists in the port cities of Nagasaki and Yokohama.

Newly Imported Great Elephant (Shinto hakurai no daizō), Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo (Japanese, 1830–1866), Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban, Japan

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