diptych print
- Museum number
- 1915,0601,0.8
- Title
- Object: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉原傾城新美人合自筆鏡
- Description
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Woodblock diptych print. Two courtesans (tayu) of the Ogiya, Takikawa and Hanaogi, out promenading at time of Setsubun ceremony with their apprentices (shinzo) and young attendants (kamuro), poems. Opening from the book 'Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami'.
- Production date
- 1761-1816 (artist)
- Curator's comments
- The courtesans process in a street of the Yoshiwara quarter festooned with New Year decorations, wearing their sumptuous new kimono with large brocade sashes tied at the front. (Label copy, TTC, 1999.)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Setsubun
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1915,0601,0.8
