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Source Description
The play depicted in this print has not yet been identified, but the two actors here could be husband and wife, or innkeeper and guest. The double-portrait format is unusual; Hirosada's half-length portraits ("okubi-e") usually feature just an individual actor.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7585
label
A Conversation
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7585
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
A Conversation
description
The play depicted in this print has not yet been identified, but the two actors here could be husband and wife, or innkeeper and guest. The double-portrait format is unusual; Hirosada's half-length portraits ("okubi-e") usually feature just an individual actor.
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
ca. 1850-1855 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
18
dimensionsRaw
9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (23.5 x 18 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hirosada
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
14925
6406
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e19f6ab704d65bbe