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diptych print
Object Type
diptych print
Museum number
1909,0406,0.470
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. The courtesans (tayu) Segawa and Matsuhito of the Matsubaya with their maids. Poems. 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
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bijin
servant/domestic worker
literature
courtesan/prostitute
Associated names
Representation of:
Segawa (瀬川)
Representation of:
Matsuhito
Associated places
Associated with:
Matsubaya
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
James Tregaskis
Acquisition date
1909
Department
Asia
Registration number
1909,0406,0.470