| Creator |
Grobe, Charles, 1817-1880. |
| Contributor |
Onogero, Tateish. dte |
|
Lent, James E., bookseller. |
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Sinclair, Thomas S., approximately 1805-1881, lithographer. |
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Lee & Walker, publisher. |
| Title |
Tommy polka. Dedicated to Tateish Onogero [or Tommy] of the Japanese Embassy / T. Sinclair's Lith., Phila. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut |
| Date |
1860 |
| Physical Description |
1 score (5 pages) : ill., port. ; 33 cm |
| Description |
Sheet music for a polka composed by Charles Grobe and depicting a full-length, seated portrait of Tateishi Onojirô, a member
of the Japanese Embassy that traveled to the United States in 1860 to ratify the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, also known
as the Harris Treaty. Shows the teenage Onojirô, wearing his hair tied back and attired in a kimono and shoes, sitting in
a wooden chair and looking directly at the viewer. He holds a sword in its scabbard tied to his waist with his left hand and
holds another sword in his right hand which points down to the floor. In the right is a side table covered in a floral print
tablecloth and with a vase of flowers and a Japanese kasa (hat). Tateishi Onojirô, whom the media called “Tommy” was the youngest
member of the ambassadorial delegation and served as an interpreter-in-training accompanying his adoptive father, formal interpreter
Tateishi Tokujûrô.
|
| Notes |
Composed by Charles Grobe. |
|
Copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1860 by Lee & Walker at the Clerk’s Office of the Dt. Ct. of
the En. Dt. of Pa.
|
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Number 4 in 5 pointed star on lower right of the title page; Op: 1211; Publisher's Plate # 8085.4. |
|
Polka dance for piano. |
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Dedication: To Tateish Onogero (or Tommy) of the Japanese Embassy. |
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First line of text: Wives and maids by scores are flocking, Round that charming, little man, Known as Tommy, witty Tommy,
Yellow Tommy, from Japan.
|
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Sold by: James E. Lent, Music Store, 359 Fulton St., Brooklyn, Stoddard Pianofortes for Sale or Rent. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry. |
| Subject |
Onojiro, Tateishi, 1843-1917 -- Portraits. |
|
Ambassadors. |
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Hats. |
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Japanese -- Portraits. |
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Kimonos. |
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Men -- Japanese. |
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Piano music. |
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Polkas. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Swords. |
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Translators. |
|
AAPI. |
| Genre |
Scores. |
|
Sheet music. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books Rare| Sheet Music Tom 8530.F |
| Accession number |
8530.F |
