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Chōbunsai Eishi

The daughter of Taira no Kiyomori using a mirror to draw her self-portrait to send to her mother (Kiyomori sokujo no ga jizo o utsushi haha ni kore o okuru zu ), 1790's

Description

Maker

  • Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, publisher
  • Chōbunsai Eishi, 1756-1829, Japanese

Title

The daughter of Taira no Kiyomori using a mirror to draw her self-portrait to send to her mother (Kiyomori sokujo no ga jizo o utsushi haha ni kore o okuru zu )

Year

1790's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • embossing

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 37.2 x 24.8 cm (14 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Eishi zu

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1135

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Pleasure of Edo

March 24 - June 18, 2000

This very beautiful but faded print depicts an upper-class woman dressed in elegant costume completing a painting. As in many courtesan prints, the purpose of the setting and costume are to elevate the person’s status through comparison with historical figures from Japan’s past.

Courtesans and Actors

September 20 - December 8, 1996

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The daughter of Taira no Kiyomori using a mirror to draw her self-portrait to send to her mother (Kiyomori sokujo no ga jizo o utsushi haha ni kore o okuru zu ) with the accession number of 20.1135. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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