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diptych print
Object Type
diptych print
Museum number
1909,0406,0.468
Title
Object:
Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉原傾城新美人合自筆鏡
Series:
Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu
Description
Woodblock print, diptych, album leaf. Bijinga. The courtesans (tayu) Utagawa and Nanasato of Yotsumeya on balcony with maids, poems. 1 of 2. From the book 'Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami'.
Producer name
Print artist:
Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演 (Santo Kyoden 山東京伝)
Production date
1761-1816
(artist)
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bijin
architectural feature
servant/domestic worker
literature
courtesan/prostitute
Associated names
Representation of:
Utagawa
Representation of:
Nanasato
Associated places
Associated with:
Yotsumeya
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
James Tregaskis
Acquisition date
1909
Department
Asia
Registration number
1909,0406,0.468