hashira-e; print

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Object Type: hashira-e; print
Museum number: 1920,0514,0.15
Description: Colour woodblock pillar print, hashira-e. Fan-seller: modish-looking young man carrying box of fan-papers, watched from bamboo grille by courtesan. Signed and sealed.
Producer name
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1770 (c.)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 70 centimetres; Width: 11.60 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Smith 1988 A modish-looking young man is watched from a bamboo grille by a courtesan. He is carrying a box of fan-papers. The print is signed 'Painted by Fujinobu'.
Bibliographic references: Waterhouse 1964 / Harunobu and his age: The Development of Colour Printing in Japan (9(b/w)); Smith 1988 / Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan (59); Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 2 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan (BW 61)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2016 Jul–Oct, London, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from Prehistory to the Present'
Subjects: trade/occupation; courtesan/prostitute
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1920
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1920,0514,0.15

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