Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865, b. in Edo, Japan)
Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋利兵衛 (1790s - 1879
Title
Standing beauty (Bijin)
Period
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Image: 35.4 x 24.9 cm (13 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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 Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
20.1300 Type
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Tombstone
Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋利兵衛 (1790s - 1879
Edo, Japan), publisher
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