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Maker(s):Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III); Azumaya Daisuke, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1786–1864); Japanese (active ca. 1817–1848)
Title:Seated Courtesan with Pipe, from the series "Dialogues of the Red-light District" ('Hanamachi mondō')
Date Made:1825–1830
Type:Print
Materials:polychrome woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 14 13/16 in x 9 1/2 in; 37.6 cm x 24.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.335
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
vertical ōban; nishiki-e; bijinga

Label Text:
This print is signed at lower-right "Gototei Kunisada ga" ('drawn by Gototei Kunisada'). To the left of the artist's signature are the circular kiwame seal of the censor and the mark of publisher Azumaya Daisuke of the firm Kinshūdō, represented by the a sand-dollar like shape beneath a right-angle. Azumaya employed this seal from 1817–1830.

This impression of the print does not bear the title and description found on other examples (see Boston MFA acc. no. 11.42698), which would be printed within a red circular cartouche at top-right.

Tags:
women; kimonos; headdresses; fans; botanical illustration; fruit; dragons; smoking

Subjects:
Fans; Headdresses; Kimonos; Women; polychrome; Fruit

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