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Maker(s):Toyota Hokkei
Culture:Japanese (1780 - 1850)
Title:Surimono: The Hell Courtesan (Jigokudayû), from series Three Prints of Courtesans
Date Made:mid 1820s
Type:Print
Materials:woodcut printed in color on embossed paper
Place Made:Japan
Measurements:sheet: 8 1/2 x 7 in.; 21.59 x 17.78 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Poem written on poem card at right by Ryûjônen Umemasa of Hino In Go Shu, "kama no futa, akete medetaki, haru wa kyo, jigoku mo ukabu, kukaijunen." English translation by John Carpenter, "As spring arrived today, the cauldron lid opened, bringing good fortune, so even Jigoku is saved, from ten years of 'hell'."
Accession Number:  SC 1968.478
Credit Line:The Margaret Rankin Barker - Isaac Ogden Rankin Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker (Margaret Clark Rankin, class of 1908)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
full length figure of female with bare foot, back facing viewer, and head turned proper left to face viewer, poem on the right by Ryûjôen Umeho (or Umemasa)

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