illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.32.2
Title: Object: (Shinpan) Bijin ezukushi (新版) 美人絵尽 ((Newly Published) Pictures of Beautiful Women, a Complete Collection)
Description: Illustrated book. Vol. 2 from a set of three volumes. Illustrated stories, mainly about female paragons from history, depicted as contemporary beauties. Woodblock-printed. [JH.32, vol. 2, image 1] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 2] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 3] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 4] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 5] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 6] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 7] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 8] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 9] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 10] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 11] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 12] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 13] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 14] [JH.32, vol. 2, image 15]
Producer name: Print artist: Hishikawa Moronobu (菱川師宣); Published by: Urokogataya Sanzaemon
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1683
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 27.30 centimetres; Width: 35.90 centimetres (open); Width: 18.50 centimetres; Depth: 1.40 centimetres (open)
Curator's comments: This work shows mainly female paragons from history, but drawn in the same voluptuous style as contemporary beauties. This scene of Tokiwa and her sons is the same as the large Sugimura print displayed in the case to the left. (Label copy, TTC, 1998); Hillier and Smith 1980 Literature: Brown, Louise Norton, 'Block Printing and Book Illustration in Japan', London and New York, 1924, pp. 45-7. 'Collection Louis Gonse. Troisième Vente', Catalogue by Vignier, Charles, Paris, 1926, no. 394 (vols. 1 and 3). 'Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de Livres Japonais Illustrés. Appartenant a Émile Javal. Deuxième Partie', Catalogue by Vignier, Charles in collaboration with Densmore, M, Paris, 1928, no. 13 (vol. 2). Hillier, Jack, 'Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection', 3 vols., London, 1976. Reproduced in facsimile in 'Nihon fuzoku zue', vol. 1, Tokyo, 1914.
Bibliographic references: Hillier & Smith 1980 / Japanese Prints: 300 Years of Albums and Books (9); Smith 1988 / Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan (Books:2)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2016 9 Jan-28 Feb, Chiba City Museum of Art, Ukiyo-e: Power of the Woodblock, Power of the Brush
Subjects: history; bijin
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1979
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1979,0305,0.32.2
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.32 (Hillier no.)
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