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pentaptych print
Object Type
pentaptych print
Museum number
1909,0406,0.474.1-5
Title
Object:
Seiro nikai no zu
(Picture of the Upper Floor of a Brothel)
Description
Colour woodblock print, pentaptych. The scene at evening on the upper floor of a brothel in the Yoshiwara, viewed from above.
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III)
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods
Bunka Era
Production date
1813
(third month)
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
$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
(91)
Edo BM 1982 / Edo: Art of Japan 17th-19th Century
(67)
Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 3 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan
(BW 1)
Rousmaniere 2002 / Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan, 15th-19th Centuries
(fig. 51)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
brothel/brothel-keeper
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Yoshiwara
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
James Tregaskis
Acquisition date
1909
Department
Asia
Registration number
1909,0406,0.474.1-5
Conservation
Treatment
: 21 Aug 2001