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Utagawa Toyokuni II

The courtesan Shirokawa and her two kamuro Nagisa and Yumeno of the Tamaya (Tamaya nai shirokawa nagisa yumeno), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Toyokuni II, 1777-1835, Japanese
  • Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1865, Japanese
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō, Japanese, publisher

Title

The courtesan Shirokawa and her two kamuro Nagisa and Yumeno of the Tamaya (Tamaya nai shirokawa nagisa yumeno)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 37.9 x 26.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Toyokuni ga

Place

Japan

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1403

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Pleasure of Edo

March 24 - June 18, 2000

As in Tsukasa of the Ogiya, Kunisada has borrowed the 11th-century Chinese landscape theme of the “Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers” for the structure of his series “Eight Views of the Yoshiwara.” The inset scene depicts sailing boats, a play upon the Xiao-Xiang scene of “Returning Sails Off the Distant Shore.” Instead of the mist-filled landscape of the Chinese original, the boats sail toward the Yoshiwara, in a humorous comment on the lofty character of the original Chinese subject matter and the final destination of the boats in this print.

Edo Culture II

December 16, 1994 - March 5, 1995

Women of the Floating World

November 9, 1990 - January 6, 1991

Courtesans of the Floating World

May 30 - August 30, 1986

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