Shogatsu (LOC)

Kikukawa, Eizan,, 1787-1867,, artist.

 

Shogatsu

 

[between 1818 and 1820]

 

1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.5 x 26.4 cm.

 

Title Translation: New Year's.

 

Notes:

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.

From the series: Fūryū gosekku bijin awase : A series of popular beauties of the five festivals.

Format: vertical Oban Nishikie.

Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image.

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with a scene in the background showing a man, possibly a poet, and a woman gathering pine boughs.

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1810-1820.

Beauty--Japan--1810-1820.

Poets--Japan--1810-1820.

 

Format: Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1810-1820.

Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1810-1820.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.02379

 

Call Number: FP 2 - JPD, no. 2032

 

 

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