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Maker(s):Utagawa Kuniyasu; Yamamotoya Heikichi, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1794–1832); Japanese (active ca. 1812–1886)
Title:Cherry Blossoms, from the series "A Comparison of Beautiful Women and Flowers" ('Bijin hana kurabe')
Date Made:ca. 1820–1832
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 13 15/16 in x 9 1/16 in; 35.4 cm x 23.0 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.283
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
vertical ōban format; nishiki-e; bijinga

Label Text:
This print is signed at lower-left of the central figure "Yasukuni ga" ('drawn by Yasukuni'). Below the signature is the circular kiwame seal of the censor and the mark of publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi of the firm Eikyūdō, the character "kyū" beneath an overlapping double mountain peak. The series title is printed at upper-right. While this ōban sheet does not bear a printed title, one can be presumed, owing to the cherry blossoms in the circular cartouche at upper-left and the series title, a common motif in ukiyo-e bijinga (prints of beautiful women).

Tags:
figures; female; kimonos; headdresses; flowers; fires; boxes

Subjects:
Boxes; Females; figures (representations); Fires; Flowers; Headdresses; Kimonos

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