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Each of the prints in the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections features a woman from a different time period, as befits an artist who was interested in history painting. Most of the prints are set in the Edo period (1615–1868). Mizuno Toshikata was a favored student of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), and took over his post as a newspaper illustrator.
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299514
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Playing the Koyo, A Lady from Nagoya of the Kōka Era (1844-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections
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299514
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print
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Playing the Koyo, A Lady from Nagoya of the Kōka Era (1844-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections
description
Each of the prints in the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections features a woman from a different time period, as befits an artist who was interested in history painting. Most of the prints are set in the Edo period (1615–1868). Mizuno Toshikata was a favored student of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), and took over his post as a newspaper illustrator.
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1894
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en
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Q79872607
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299501
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Print
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
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2017.74
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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
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Playing the Koyo, A Lady from Nagoya of the Kōka Era (1844-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894. Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908). Woodblock print, ink and color on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Norman W. Zaworski Trust, 2017.74
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Japanese Art
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Inscription Type: series title
Inscription Transliteration: 三十六佳撰
Inscription Romanization: Sanjūrokkasen
Inscription translation: The Thirty-six Elegant Selections
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Inscription Transliteration: 琴しらべ弘化頃婦人
Inscription Romanization: Koto shirabe, Kōka koro Nagoya fujin
Inscription translation: Playing Koto, A Lady from Nagoya of the Kōka Era
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Inscription Type: artist’s signature
Inscription Transliteration: 年方
Inscription Romanization: Toshikata
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Inscription Type: artist’s seal
Inscription Transliteration: 應斎年方
Inscription Romanization: Ōsai Toshikata
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Inscription Type: engraver’s seal
Inscription Transliteration: えん活刀
Inscription Romanization: En-Katsu to
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Inscription type: date and publisher’s information
Inscription Translation: Meiji 27 (1894) Akiyama Buemon (summary)
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Gift of the Norman W. Zaworski Trust
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2026-05-29 08:53:37.120000
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299514
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
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