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After Kaigestsudo Dohan

Courtesan, 1916.10

Description

Maker

  • After Igaya, Japanese, publisher
  • Watanabe Shōzaburō, publisher
  • After Kaigestsudo Dohan, fl. 1715-1720, Japanese

Title

Courtesan

Year

1916.10

Medium

Monochrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 57.6 x 28.3 cm (22 11/16 x 11 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[notations]
Paper label affixed to verso with signature and seal of John Happer attesting that the print was printed by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1910 from an original block on paper "over 300 years old." JWO 01/23/2006

Inscription verso, bottom left on adhered paper in ink: Print made from a/genuine old block engraved/not later than 1705,/on paper of the same period/with ink over 300 years' old./Tokyo. October 1916./Printer: S. Watanabe/Certified as a true/statement J[?]Happer

Three red seals stamped verso, bottom left corner.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1054

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Black on White

December 8, 2000 - March 4, 2001

This very striking portrait of a courtesan is a close copy of an authentic composition by Dohan, whose prints were all monochromatic.

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