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- Museum number
- 1935,1214,0.8
- Title
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Object: Uma no koku
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Series: Seiro juni toki tsuzuki
- Description
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Colour woodblock print. Hour of the horse, one courtesan being shown letter by another, young attendant (kamuro) looking in mirror.
- Production date
- 1795 (circa)
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- Curator's comments
- Ever keen to show supposedly private' moments in the lives of his female subjects, Utamaro's project with this series was to show a typical day and night in the life of a high-ranked courtesan of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter. The series title is written between the hanging weights of a stylised lantern clock and the zodiacal name of the time of day (or night), at roughly two-hour intervals, is written on the bell. The Hour of the Horse is about twelve noon. While the courtesan is having her hair arranged, a letter is brought to her. The standing attendant is a 'shinzo' (teenage apprentice) and the girl fussing with her topknot as she peers in the mirror is a 'kamuro' (child servant). (Label copy, TTC 2000)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2000 26 Jun-24 Sep, London, BM, Japanese Galleries, 'Japan Time'
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1935,1214,0.8
