| Contributor |
Mann, William, 1814-1881, lithographer. |
| Title |
Kiriu Kosho Kuwaisha [graphic] : The first Japanese manufacturing and trading company. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : William Mann, lithographer, 529 Market St |
| Date |
[ca. 1876] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 14 x 10 cm (5.5 x 4 in.) |
| Description |
Illustrated trade card promoting the Kiriu Kosho Kuwaisha, a Japanese manufacturing and trading company, and depicting two
dragons with text in English and Japanese. Kiriu Kosho Kuwaisha was founded in 1873 and displayed their goods at the Centennial
Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. The firm opened a branch in New York in 1877. The firm closed in 1891.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from dates of operation of the advertising business. |
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Text printed on recto: Bronzes, lacquered, pottery and porcelain wares. Tea, silk, curiosities and other Japanese manufactures.
No. 16 Takekawacho, Tokio, Japan. English correspondents Alexandra Palace Park Co., Muswell Hill, London. Branch House Sumpya,
Hong Kong. Austrian Agent, C. Torou, Wallzeille, No. 1, Vienna.
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Advertising text printed on verso: Our firm, Kiriu Kosho Kuwaisha, (The First Japanese Manufacturing and Trading Company,)
is established for the purpose of encouraging the Japanese industries, and of promoting the greatest possible perfection therein.
Kan Gio Rio, (the Bureau of Industry,) fully co-operates with our firm, and we are authorized by that Bureau to sell all the
Teas they manufacture. Fancy and useful articles, of the finest as well as the cheapest quality, sold at the lowest possible
prices, Wholesale and Retail. Orders by mail promptly attended to. (See other side.)
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Purchased with partial funds for the Visual Culture Program. |
| Subject |
Kiriu Kosho Kuwaisha. |
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Decorative arts -- Japanese. |
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Dragons. |
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Japanese. |
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Japanese business enterprises. |
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Japanese language -- Writing. |
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AAPI. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Kiriu [P.2024.7] |
| Accession number |
P.2024.7 |
