Catalog record · 目録番号 57087

Shichi fuku-bijin kiryo kurabe

七福美人器量競

Artist / 作者: Kitagawa Utamaro喜多川歌麿
Date / 年代: 1793-1794
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 527 px
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print. Bijinga. Composition bringing together half-length portraits of seven famous Edo beauties, with their names. Top row from right: Takashima Ohisa, with triple oak-leaf (mitsu-gashiwa) crest; Tomimoto Toyohina (possibly); Naniwaya Okita, with paulownia (kiri) crest. Bottom row, from right: Kikumoto Ohan, with crest of cucumber (kiuri), in circle; Hiranoya Oseyo, with crest of character Hira inside paulownia; Tachibanaya Otatsu (possibly); Fujiya Otayo, with crest of character Fu inside paulownia. Inscribed, signed and sealed.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1793-1794 (ca.) · bm

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