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Maker(s):Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III); Yamamotoya Heikichi, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1786–1864); Japanese (active ca. 1812–1886)
Title:The Courtsean Okushū of Tamaya, First Street, Edo ('Edo machi itchōme Tamaya uchi Okushū')
Date Made:ca. 1825–1842
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 14 5/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 37.2 cm x 26.0 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.291
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
nishiki-e; vertical ōban; bijinga

Label Text:
This print is signed "Kōchōrō Kunisada ga" ('drawn by Kōchōrō Kunisada'), a signature used by the artist from ca. 1825–1861. To the lower-right of the signature are the circular kiwame seal of the censor, indicating a date of inspection between 1815 and 1842, as it is used singly. Beneath the kiwame is the mark of publisher Yamamotya Heikichi, an overlapping double-mountain peak above the character "kyū," a reference to his firm Eikyūdō. This print appears to reuse the blocks from an earlier Kunisada design, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi, which features the courtesan Kaomachi, also of Tamaya (see Boston MFA 34.426a-b). Neither version identifies the kamoru. - BB, 2013

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