Accession number: 1957. 103. A-b
display artist: iwase masanobu
display title: calligraphy of the famous courtesans of the pleasure quarter
translation(s): seiro meikun jihitsu shu
series title: yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami (a comparison of new beauties w
suite name: yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami
creation date: 1784
medium: woodblock
height: 14 11/16 in. Width: 19 15/16 in. Display dimensions: 14 11/16 in. X 19 15/16 in. (37. 31 cm x 50. 64 cm)
publisher: tsutaya juzaburo
credit line: bequest of mrs. Cora timken burnett
label copy: "this print is from an extraordinary, large-scale album featuring two courtesans with their attendants from the top seven brothels of yoshiwara. Wearing sumptuous kimono, the courtesans matsuto and segawa with their young apprentice attendants, or kamuro, are featured here. Above, in their own calligraphy, are sophisticated poems composed by the well-educated courtesans. "
label copy (spanish): "este grabado es de un extraordinario lbum de escala grande que presenta a dos cortesanas con sus asistentes de los siete burdeles ms importantes de yoshiwara. Las cortesanas matsuto y segawa, vestidas con kimonos suntuosos, estn representadas aqu con sus asistentes aprendices o kamuro. Arriba, en su propia caligrafa estn los sofisticados poemas compuestos por las ilustradas cortesanas. "
collection: <a href="http://www. Sdmart. Org/art/our-collection/asian-art" rel="nofollow">the san diego museum of art</a>.
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