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Maker(s):Kubo Shunman
Culture:Japanese (1757-1820)
Title:Courtesan as The Pilgrim Wu Song (Gyōja Bushō) a from the series Correspondence of Suikoden (Mitate Suikoden)
Date Made:ca. 1789-1818
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan; Edo
Measurements:sheet: 7 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.; 19.4 x 8.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2004.214
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
A woman depicting Gyōja Bushō, the tiger-slayer, wearing a kimono with a design of a tiger and holding a toy on a string, playing with a pet cat. Poem above her alludes to a tiger. Signed Shōsadō (Studio of the Left).

Tags:
figures; women; animals; kimonos; cats; text

Subjects:
Women; text (layout feature); Kimonos; figures (representations); Cats; Animals

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