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Representation of French people, as seen from 1860s Japan (media.kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/HistoryDrawings@kbin.social

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[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

So this is a Japanese drawing of French people? Interesting that they still give them Japanese style eyes. I'm guessing that's down to artistic habit.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The eyes are somewhat wider than in depictions of Japanese, but stylistic habits are hard to break.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

It's also interesting how much thicker they make the eyebrows for non-Japanese, as well as their facial hair. I suppose they were trying to be accurate (or stylistic) of hairstyles at the time.

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