Image
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
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Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Sheet: 57.6 x 28.3 cm (22 11/16 x 11 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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[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 01/23/2006Inscription 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
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
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20.1054
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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