Hiroshige II, Amerika, Furansu, Nankin, Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Amerika, fransu, nankin (japanese: 亜米利加、仏蘭西、南京, "america, france, nanjing"). Print shows three spectators viewing an unseen object or event: a woman holding a drinking vessel sits beside a man gazing through binoculars while a chinese man touches his head. It is unknown which person represents france and which represents the u. S. Medium: 1 print on hōsho paper: woodcut, color; 35 x 25. 2 cm. (block), 25 x 25. 2 cm. (sheet). Date: 1860.