Richard Arkwright [1732–1792]: Inventor of the Spinning Machine (Akurai momenito o yoru shikake 阿克来 紡棉機), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝)
Richard Arkwright [1732–1792]: Inventor of the Spinning Machine (Akurai momenito o yoru shikake 阿克来 紡棉機), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝)

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Richard Arkwright [1732–1792]: Inventor of the Spinning Machine (Akurai momenito o yoru shikake 阿克来 紡棉機), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝),

ca. 1870

Anonymous

Japanese

Meiji era, 1868–1912

x1983-85

Information

Title
Richard Arkwright [1732–1792]: Inventor of the Spinning Machine (Akurai momenito o yoru shikake 阿克来 紡棉機), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝)
Dates

ca. 1870

Maker
Anonymous
Medium

Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

block: 35.8 x 24.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 40.7 x 29.2 cm. (16 x 11 1/2 in.)
mat: 49 x 36.2 cm. (19 5/16 x 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka

Object Number
x1983-85
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription

illustration for self-study of English
英国（いきりす）の阿克来（あくらい）は紡棉機（もめんいとをよるしかけ）
を造るに数年心を苦しめて
家貧くなりたるを其妻其功な
くして徒に財を費すを憤り雛
形を打砕きければ阿克来怒（あくらい）
りて婦を逐出しぬ其後機器
成就して大に富しとそ
Source: http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/exhibition/Ibuki/nisikie/nisikie.html#54

Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban
Materials
ink, paper, oban, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
dogs, figures (representations), European, spinning jennies, men, spinning (textile process), women

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