Catalog record · 目録番号 585

BIJIN (beauty)

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1859
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital image / 画像: 2000 × 1425 px
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ

Catalog note / 解説

32 Beauties of the Modern World Artist: Kunisada Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.75" Subject: 'Tea Making', bust portrait of a newly wed bijin with fashionably blackened teeth, her coiffure pierced by many elaborate pins unrolls a scroll. One of Kunisada's finest late bijin series. Date: c. 1860 Condition: Fine colors with slight migration of red. Horizontal crease mark and other crease marks. Album binding holes along right edge. Slightly trimmed, rubbed and soiled. A tape stain in cartouche. Corners slightly rounded. Generally moderately good state. Impression: Very fine impression printed on heavy De Luxe paper with gauffrage and strong woodgrain visible in the background.

Image record / 画像情報

MFA · 1849-53 · mfa

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