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Maker(s):Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III); Yamaguchiya Tōbei, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1786–1864); Japanese (ca. 1805–1895)
Title:The Syllable "Ro": Tsukasa of Ōgiya ('Ro ōgiya uchi tsukasa') , from the series "ABC Poems for Beauties" ('Bijin keisei iroha tanka')
Date Made:1822
Type:Print
Materials:polychrome woodblock print
Place Made:Edo
Measurements:overall: 14 7/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 37.8 cm x 26.0 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.298
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
ōban tate-e; bijinga; nishiki-e

Label Text:
This print is signed at lower-right "Okonomi ni suki Kunisada ga" ('drawn to please by Kunisada'), accompanied by the seal — the katakana character "to" — of publisher Yamaguchiya Tōbei of the firm Kinkōdō, and the kiwame seal of the censor. The courtesan and her place of employ are indicated at upper-right beneath the title of the print, the syllable "ro," which is printed within the red circle at top-right. The series title is printed right-to-left at the top of the print. Vertically descending at the right of the panel is a poem which employs the syllable "ro."

The traditional order of the Japanese syllabary, the "iroha," was a popular subject of many ukiyo-e artists and has here been translated in the title as "ABC." - BB, 2014

Tags:
figures; women; kimonos; headdresses; text; water; flowers; botanical illustration; plants; interiors

Subjects:
Plants; figures (representations); Flowers; Headdresses; interior; Kimonos; text (layout feature); Water; Women; polychrome

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