Estampe japonaise "6PM" par Toyohara Kunichika
Artiste :Toyohara Kunichika
Titre :6PM
Date :1890
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Source :Japanese Art Open Database
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Title Courtesan at 6 p.m. - Scenes of the Twenty-four Hours Mitate Chuya Nijuyoji no Uchi Artist Kunichika Toyohara 1835-1900 Signature Toyohara Kunichika hitsu Seal toshidama Dated 1890 Publisher Fukuda Kumajiro Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good … embossed Colors excellent - very good … mica sprinkled Condition good … slightly soiled, smudges on her face, album backing (Meiji). Description "Mitate Chuya Niju-Yo Ji no Uchi" (Allusion to the Twenty-four Hours of the Day) This series is regarded as Kunichika's finest, completed bijin series. The prints are a fascinating collection of beauties in different aspects of lives and full of intriguing word-puns and allusions. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon: Beautiful courtesan with gorgeous radiant halo like hairpins. Format Oban tate-e Width 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm Height 14.2 inches = 36.0 cm Literature Newland, Amy Reigle, "A Courtesan's Day, Hour by Hour" Famous Japanese Prints Series 2, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2004, ISBN: 90-74822-59-2, - pg. 156, pl.18
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