- Museum number
- 1945,1101,0.21
- Description
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Colour woodblock print. Bijinga. Ohisa of Takashima tea-house holding fan, pictured from front and back. Double sided. Inscribed, signed, sealed and marked.
- Production date
- 1792-1793 (ca.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.60 centimetres
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Width: 14.70 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
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Asano and Clark 1995
A rare example of a print on both sides of the same sheet of paper (ryomen-zuri). Front and back views of Takashima Ohisa have been skilfully printed on one sheet so that the outlines match almost exactly when the print is held up to the light. This is a pair with a similar design of "Naniwaya Okita".
Literature:
Shibui, Kiyoshi 渋井清, 'Ukiyo-e zuten, vol. 13: Utamaro' 「ウキヨエ図典13 歌麿」, Kazama Shobo, Tokyo, 1964, pls. 216-2-3, 216-2-4.
‘Ukiyo-e taikei’「浮世絵大系」, gen. ed. Goto, Shigeki, vol. 5, Shueisha, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 21.
"Kitagawa Utamaro sakuhin mokuroku" 「喜多川歌麿作品目録」, 'Ukiyo-e shuka', 「浮世絵聚花」, vol. 3 (Bosuton Bijutsukan III ボストン美術館３), Shogakkan, Tokyo, 1978, pp. 235-254, pl. 659-2.
'Ukiyo-e shuka' 「浮世絵聚花」, vol. 10, Shogakkan, Tokyo, 1978-85, pls. 42-43.
Smith, Lawrence, ed., ‘Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan’, BMP, London, 1988, no. 88.
Other impressions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Henri Vever Collection.
[Main text translated in Japanese below / 以下上記本文日本語訳]
浅野／クラーク、1995
一枚の紙の表と裏の両面に摺ったものを両面摺という。この絵はその珍しい例で、高島おひさの正面と後ろ姿をうまく合わさるように両面摺にしたもの。同じ趣向の「難波屋おきた」と対になる。
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Smith 1988
Utamaro's favourite beauty, Ohisa of the Tea-house of Takashima, is given the accolade of both front and back views in this very rare print. The signature is 'Painted by Utamaro'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2010 22 Sep-14 Nov, Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, 'Kitagawa Utamaro'
2011 Feb 14- Jun 13, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
- Acquisition date
- 1945
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1945,1101,0.21
