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Print artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿)
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English: Colour woodblock print. Courtesan Hanamurasaki of Tamaya seated with smoking equipment, looking at her reflection in large mirror held by her assistant; with poem. Nishiki-e on paper, with metallic filings. Inscribed, signed, sealed and marked. |
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| Depicted people | Named in inscription & portrayed: Hanamurasaki (花紫) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1793 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asia |
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1906,1220,0.345 |
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| Notes |
Asano and Clark 1995 The courtesan Hanamurasaki looks at her reflection in a large mirror held by her ‘kamuro’. The decoration around the hem of her robe (Edo-zuma moyo) is of flowing water and bushclover. This leads us to the idea of the Bushclover Jewel River, otherwise known as the Noji Jewel River. The final element to complete this scene, a full moon shining over the Bushclover Jewel River, is evoked by the round shape of the mirror. Concerning Hanamurasaki, see the commentary to Asano and Clark 1995, no. 141. Literature: Shibui, Kiyoshi 渋井清, 'Ukiyo-e zuten, vol. 13: Utamaro' 「ウキヨエ図典13 歌麿」, Kazama Shobo, Tokyo, 1964, pl. 127-2-1. "Kitagawa Utamaro sakuhin mokuroku" 「喜多川歌麿作品目録」, 'Ukiyo-e shuka', 「浮世絵聚花」, vol. 3 (Bosuton Bijutsukan III ボストン美術館３), Shogakkan, Tokyo, 1978, pp. 235-254, pls. 31-5. 'Ukiyo-e shuka' 「浮世絵聚花」, vol. 3, Shogakkan, Tokyo, 1978-85, pl. 33. ‘Meihin soroimono ukiyo-e’ 「名品揃物浮世絵」, gen. ed. Narazaki, Muneshige. Vol. 3, Gyosei, Tokyo, 1991-2, pl. 21. Other impressions: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Tokyo National Museum東京国立博物館. [Main text translated in Japanese below / 以下上記本文日本語訳] 浅野／クラーク、1995 禿に鏡を持たせ、自分の顔を眺める花紫。着衣の江戸褄模様、流水に萩で萩の玉川つまり野路の玉川を導き出している。萩の玉川で重要な要素である月は、円鏡で象徴されていると考えてよい。花紫については浅野／クラーク、1995第141図の解説参照。 |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-345 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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