The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya

Details

• Title

  The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya

• Series

  Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties

• Artist/maker

  Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753 - 1806) (designer)

• Associated people

  Ōmiya Gonkurō (active c. 1794 - c. 1812) (publisher)

  Matsubaya Kisegawa II (active late 18th century) (subject)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)

• Date

  c. 1796

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (multi-block) woodblock print, with blind relief printing, printed with water-based vegetable pigments and mica

• Material index

  processed material › paper;

  inorganic › mineral › mica

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › blind relief print;

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 55.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
  print 36.5 x 25.3 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.4721

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