| Contributor |
Minot, J., printer. |
| Title |
Japon [graphic] / J.M. |
| Publisher |
Paris : Imp. J. Minot, 5 rue Beranger |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet x cm ( x in.) |
| Description |
Trade card promoting druggist John H. Sheehan & Co. and depicting a scene of a Japanese woman and a samurai holding a flag.
In the right, the Japanese woman, wearing her hair up with Kanzashi hair ornaments and attired in a multi-colored kimono and
yellow shoes, stands and reaches her right hand out towards the man. In the left, the Japanese samurai, attired in a helmet
and armor, stands and holds a Japanese flag on a flagpole. A cherry tree with pink flowers grows in the background. In the
top left corner is a crest with a Japanese flag.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from content. |
|
Text printed on verso: John H. Sheehan, Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Pefumery and Toilett (sic) Articles, 167 Genesee Street,
Utica, N.Y.
|
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Gift of William H. Helfand. |
|
RVCDC |
|
See related: P.9828.6777. |
| Subject |
John H. Sheehan & Co. (Utica, N.Y.) |
|
Japanese -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Ethnic stereotypes. |
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Flags -- Japanese. |
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Japonism. |
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Kimonos. |
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Men -- Japanese. |
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Orientalism. |
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Pharmacists -- New York (State) -- Utica. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- Utica. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
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Samurai. |
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Swords. |
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Women -- Japanese. |
|
AAPI. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Racist caricatures. |
|
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Sheehan [P.9828.6766] |
| Accession number |
P.9828.6766 |
