Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 585
BIJIN (beauty)
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
- Date / 年代
- 1859
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2000 × 1425 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Published by / 公開者
- 白石カナ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Catalog note / 解説
32 Beauties of the Modern World Artist: Kunisada Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.75" Subject: 'Tea Making', bust portrait of a newly wed bijin with fashionably blackened teeth, her coiffure pierced by many elaborate pins unrolls a scroll. One of Kunisada's finest late bijin series. Date: c. 1860 Condition: Fine colors with slight migration of red. Horizontal crease mark and other crease marks. Album binding holes along right edge. Slightly trimmed, rubbed and soiled. A tape stain in cartouche. Corners slightly rounded. Generally moderately good state. Impression: Very fine impression printed on heavy De Luxe paper with gauffrage and strong woodgrain visible in the background.
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