Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 105762

Extremely fine large painting by Toyoharu – the founder of the Utagawa School and teacher of Toyo...

Print by Utagawa Toyoharu, 歌川豊春 (Utagawa TOYOHARU) (1763)

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Toyoharu歌川豊春
Date / 年代
1763
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
1500 × 2000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

An extremely fine large painting by Toyoharu – the founder of the Utagawa School and teacher of Toyokuni and Toyohiro. Show a group comprising a high-ranking courtesan, her two kamuro ( attendants ), and her manservant carrying a lantern with either the crest of the Yoshiwara House or the crest of the courtesan. They are probably venturing out to meet wealthy customers in the teahouses of the Yoshiwara. The ample girth of the courtesan is typical of Toyoharu’s style at this time. Her surcoat ( uchikake ) is wonderfully decorated with breaking waves; the theme repeated on the coat of the front attendant. Little is known of his beginnings but it is thought he studied under the Kano-school mas…

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