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Maker(s):Tsukioka Settei
Culture:Japanese (1710-1786)
Title:Courtesan, page from illustrated book Wakan Meihitsu Kingyoku Gafu Kanroku [Volume six of "Famous Paintings of Japan and China"]
Date Made:ca. 1771
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut): black ink on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan; Tokyo; Osaka
Measurements:Sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 3/16 in; 26.4 x 18.3 cm; Image: 8 3/16 x 6 3/8 in; 20.8 x 16.2 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Daruma / [ill.]]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (black ink, margin): [Japanese character, Kingyoku Gafu Kanroku]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (black ink, margin): [Japanese character, [ill.]].
Accession Number:  MH 1997.1.4
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A vertical black-and-white book illustration (right page): a courtesan lying on the floor with her eyes closed with a brush in her right hand. A poem has been composed on the sheet of paper in front of her, with a lacquer box of writing materials. Published by Suhara Mohe of Edo and Onogi Ichibe of Osaka. This book illustration goes with MH 1997.1.5

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