Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信
Maker
Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信 (1787-1832
worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)
Title
A Courtesan and Her Guest
Period
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Materials/Techniques
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Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Origin: Japan
Dimensions
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Shikishiban: 22.2 x 18.9 cm (8 3/4 x 7 7/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription Text/Poem: 玉琴を ききさしてみる 朧夜に 二十五けんの 橋のゆきかひ
- 北窓梅善
Translation: We pause from listening to the zither, to watch people coming and going on a misty moonlit night across a twenty-five-ken bridge.(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono, p. 350)
Seals: Designer's seal: 柳川 Yanagawa
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō
Poetry group emblem: Golden crane Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf
Object Number
56.039.9 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
worked in Edo and Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
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