A schoolmistress with a class of girls. Woodcut, 1874.

Date:
[1874]
Reference:
729046i
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A western schoolmistress with a class of western girls, depicted to show Japanese girls a form of western education. The teacher has a globe on her desk

Publication/Creation

[Tokyo], [1874]

Physical description

2 prints: woodcut ; image and border 17.2 x 11.4 cm and 17.2 x 11.4 cm

Lettering

Attention all! Lettering "Attention all!" in English

Creator/production credits

Possibly copied from an unidentified western print. Other prints in the same volume are designs by Kyōsai (1831-1889)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 729046i

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