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Maker(s):Kikukawa Eizan; Moriya Jihei, publisher (ca. 1797–1886)
Culture:Japanese (1787–1867)
Title:The Courtesan Karauta of Chōjiya ('Chōjiya Karauta'), from the series "A Grouping of Elegant Beauties" ('Fūryū bijin awase')
Date Made:ca. 1814–1817
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.; 35.9 x 24.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2004.204
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
bijinga

Label Text:
Signed at lower-middle right "Eizan hitsu" ('drawn by Eizan'). Below the signature is the circular 'kiwame' seal of the censor and the publishing mark, the character 'mori' beneath a mountain peak, which is representative of the publisher Moriya Jihei of the firm Kinshindō. The series title is printed vertically descending in the rectangular cartouche with the courtesan's name in the square immediately to the left.

Tags:
figures; women; kimonos; headdresses; botanical illustration; dragons

Subjects:
figures (representations); Headdresses; Kimonos; Women

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