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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Standing beauty (Bijin), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Standing beauty (Bijin)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 35.4 x 24.9 cm (13 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom center in pencil: EGR226[text and poems] Inscriptions on noren (the hanging door cloth behind the standing woman): Hono Godairiki Sakura-ya nai hanmoku? naka cho One cannot read the name of the woman because it is behind her."hanmoku? naka cho" is the address of the brothel Sakura-ya.Hono (translates to)dedication, offeringGodairiki(translates to)five guardian bodhisattva Sakura-ya (translates to) name of shop or house This print may be related to the kabuki play "Godairiki koi no fujime." A samurai stole money and spent it for a woman who works for the bath house Sakuraya. In the Edo period women wrote godairiki over the sealing of a letter to ensure it would not be opened.

Signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

Seals: Artist's Mimasu crest;censor's seal | kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1300

About

Standing beauty (Bijin)

Inscription verso, bottom center in pencil: EGR226[text and poems] Inscriptions on noren (the hanging door cloth behind the standing woman): Hono Godairiki Sakura-ya nai hanmoku? naka cho One cannot read the name of the woman because it is behind her."hanmoku? naka cho" is the address of the brothel Sakura-ya.Hono (translates to)dedication, offeringGodairiki(translates to)five guardian bodhisattva Sakura-ya (translates to) name of shop or house This print may be related to the kabuki play "Godairiki koi no fujime." A samurai stole money and spent it for a woman who works for the bath house Sakuraya. In the Edo period women wrote godairiki over the sealing of a letter to ensure it would not be opened.

Signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

Seals: Artist's Mimasu crest;censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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