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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