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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1906,1220,0.274
Title
Series:
Seiro bijin rokkasen 青楼美人六花仙
(Six Blossoming Immortals of Yoshiwara)
Description
Woodblock print. Kisegawa of the Matsubaya looking at a handscroll of the 'Ise monogatari'.
Producer name
Print artist:
Chobunsai Eishi (鳥文斎栄之)
Cultures/periods
Kansei Era
Production date
1790s
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(10)
Ukiyo-e shuka Vol 11 / Ukiyo-e shuka
(159)
Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 2 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan
(BW 144)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2001, 30 Jan-8 Apr, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Arts of Japan: Recently repaired paintings, Ukiyo-e IV'
Subjects
bijin
literature
Associated names
Associated with:
Kisegawa
Associated places
Associated with:
Matsubaya
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Ise Monogatari
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date
1906
Department
Asia
Registration number
1906,1220,0.274
Conservation
Treatment
: 27 Nov 2000