| Maker(s): | Suzuki Harunobu
| | Culture: | Japanese (1724-1770)
| | Title: | Roko musume nadeshiko [Wild Pinks: The Roko Girl], from the series Ukiyo bijin yosebana [Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers]
| | Date Made: | ca. 1770
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet/Image: 11 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in; 28.6 cm x 21.3 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Harunobu ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Ukiyo / yosehana / roko / musume / nadeshiko]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Teru hi ni mo / omou naka ni wa / fuku kaze no / chiri dani suenu / tokonatsu no hana]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.249.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
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Description:
Vertical chuban size, nishiki-e, bijin print: a female figure in light brown kimono stands on the engawa by the door with a round fan in hand, exchanging glaces with a young man on the street, who has a fan in one hand and tier of black and yellow boxes on shoulder while holding the end of his head-scarf between his lips; a poem inscribed in the cloud at the top of the print.
Keywords/Tags:
figure, pleasure quarter, bijin ga (beauty), woman, courtesan
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