Catalog record · 目録番号 68446
Osen the Teahouse Waitress
Catalog note / 解説
Friday, 27 May 2005 Egoyomi: Osen the Tea-house Waitress Artist: Harunobu Format: Chuban tate-e: 11.25" x 8.25" Subject: One of Harunobu's greatest masterpieces. New year's day, 1765. Osen, the fabled beauty from the tea-house Kagiya, standing before the stone water cistern at the Shinto Kasamori Shrine, drying her hands on a silken cloth. Harunobu had a particular fondness for Osen and produced over forty designs using her as his inspiration. An Egoyomi (calendar print) with the numerals for the long and short months hidden among the dotted decoration of the water cistern. Among Harunobu's most famous designs. Another impression illustrated in Lane, 'Images From the Floating World' Harunob…
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