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Maker(s):Utagawa Kunitomi; Yamaguchiya Tōbei, publisher
Culture:Japanese (active ca. 1804–1844); Japanese (ca. 1805–1895)
Title:Shirakawa of Tamaya, Kamuro Miyako and Sakura ('Tamaya uchi shirakawa miyako sakura')
Date Made:ca. 1815–1842
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 15 3/16 in x 10 1/16 in; 38.6 cm x 25.6 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.303
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
ōban; nishiki-e; bijinga

Label Text:
This print is signed at lower-right "Kasentei Kunitomi ga" ('drawn by Kasentei Kunitomi'), below which is the mark of publisher Yamaguchiya Tōbei of the firm Kinkōdō, represented by a stylized version of the katakana character "to," and the circular kiwame seal of the censor. The title of the print appears at left. While they are not present in this scene, the courtesan Shirakawa's two attendants, known as kamuro, are listed alongside her name.

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