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Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Utena of the Shinkanaya (新かなやうてな Shinkanaya Utena), Edo Period

Maker

  • Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信
  • Endo Matsugoro 遠藤松五郎

Title

Utena of the Shinkanaya (新かなやうてな Shinkanaya Utena)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Page from a printed book: 21.6 x 14.6 cm (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: [text and poems] Haikai poem by Kasaya Saren, noted poet and friend of Harunobu, describing the courtesan

Signature: Harunobu ga

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1081

Utena of the Shinkanaya (新かなやうてな Shinkanaya Utena)
from the Picture Book of Beauties from the Green Towers (絵本青楼美人合 Ehon seirō bijin awase)

Manual / Issue 15

Green
Read Online

Inscription Text/Poem: [text and poems] Haikai poem by Kasaya Saren, noted poet and friend of Harunobu, describing the courtesan

Signature: Harunobu ga

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Publications

Manual / Issue 15

Green
Read Online

Exhibition History

Courtesans of the Floating World

May 30 - August 30, 1986

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Courtesan Naniwae scratching her back with pipe (Naniwae), Edo Period

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Courtesan Fujinoto smoking by a heater (kotatsu) (Fujinoto), Edo Period
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Utena of the Shinkanaya (新かなやうてな Shinkanaya Utena) with the accession number of 20.1081. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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