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Source Description
The courtesan Hanazuma standing on the left, holding a mirror in her left hand, and looking to her left at a sake barrel in straw twine at the top right. A sake jug with the mon (crest or logo) of the tea house. A bookmark cartouche contains the name of the courtesan and her house just at the bottom center of the barrel. The sake bowl at the right next to the barrel gives the name of the beer. A small partially unrolled scroll is on the bottom center. Background color of wall is yellow, floor is orange.
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Document identity
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32770
label
The Courtesan Hanazuma of the Hyōgoya and Kenbishi Sake by Sakagami
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print
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Source metadata
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32770
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print
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normalized
title
The Courtesan Hanazuma of the Hyōgoya and Kenbishi Sake by Sakagami
description
The courtesan Hanazuma standing on the left, holding a mirror in her left hand, and looking to her left at a sake barrel in straw twine at the top right. A sake jug with the mon (crest or logo) of the tea house. A bookmark cartouche contains the name of the courtesan and her house just at the bottom center of the barrel. The sake bowl at the right next to the barrel gives the name of the beer. A small partially unrolled scroll is on the bottom center. Background color of wall is yellow, floor is orange.
provenance
Vever Collection; Ronin Gallery, N. Y., 1978; Mrs. Shirley H. Hunt, Charlestown, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1998.
date
ca. 1794 (Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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woodblock prints
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
36
height
23
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 1/16 in. (36 x 23 cm)
style
Kitagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Utamaro hitsu; [Publisher Seal] Tsutaya Juzaburo
med
ink and color on mulberry paper
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6998
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JPK
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3514
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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