An American Officer Indicating Directions to his Wife ("Amerikajin"), from "Japanese Translations of Barbarian Words ("Bango wakai")
Standing man and woman in western costume. He is shown in a Naval uniform; he is show in a Naval uniform. Lengthy inscription in Japanese at top, on a scroll. Yokohama print; censor seal: Kiwame.
Credit: Gift of Hamill and Barker
1863
Woodcut on paper
1961-105-154
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