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FP 2 - JPD,
no. 151
Torii, Kiyonaga,
1752-1815,
artist.
Cherry blossom viewing month.
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Hanami zuki
[graphic].
[between 1785 and 1789]
1 print :
woodcut, color ;
22.4 x 15.9 cm.
Print shows two women and a child outside a building with cherry trees in blossom.
Caption label from exhibit "Sakura": Springtime in Edo. Seasonal themes were popular with ukiyo-e (literally "pictures of the floating world") artists of the Edo Period (1600-1868) whose images often reflected the life of the pleasure quarters in Edo, now Tokyo. With her ornamented hairstyle and obi tied in front, the gorgeously-attired woman on the left is recognizable as an oiran or high-ranking courtesan. Close behind her stands a young attendant called a kamuro. The woman on the right, also an apprentice courtesan with her obi tied in front, speaks to the oiran while kneeling and with both hands on the red carpet in a gesture of respect to her senior.
Restricted access; material extremely fragile;
please use online digital image.
No known restrictions on publication.
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
From the series: Shin yoshiwara jukkei : Ten views of Shin- Yoshiwara.
Format: vertical Koban Nishikie.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Sakura : Cherry Blossom as Living Symbol of Friendship" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012.
Cherry trees
Japan
1780-1790.
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Women
Social life
Japan
1780-1790.
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Courtesans
Japan
1780-1790.
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Red-light districts
Japan
1780-1790.
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Ukiyo-e
Japanese
1780-1790.
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Woodcuts
Japanese
Color
1780-1790.
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Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
digital file from original print
jpd
00154
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00154
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