Catalog record · 目録番号 56689

The Laundress

Artist / 作者: Kitagawa Utamaro喜多川歌麿
Date / 年代: 1790
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital image / 画像: 810 × 1200 px
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ

Catalog note / 解説

The Laundress Artist: Utamaro I Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.5" approx Subject: From the series of full length designs entitled Fujin Tewaza Misao Kagami - Faithful Mirrors of Womens' Handiwork. The bijin laundress is depicted seated on a low wooden stool, washing clothes in a low washtub. Beside her in a water bucket is a group of iris flowers. Grey background. A fine design. See Vever Sale Catalogue #2 lot 187. Also Shibui, Zuten, p.170; UZ volume 3, figure 37 and Yoshida #215. Publisher: This example, like the Vever impression, lacks the seal of the publisher Yamazaki Date: c.1790's

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1790 · jaodb

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