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The Courtesans Konosu, Tamazusa, and Shiratama of the Kada Brothel, from the book A Mirror of Competing Forms of Beauties of the Green Houses


Katsukawa Shunshō; or Kitao Shigemasa, The Courtesans Konosu, Tamazusa, and Shiratama of the Kada Brothel, from the book A Mirror of Competing Forms of Beauties of the Green Houses, 1776, two pages from a bound book; color woodblock print with ink and color on paper; nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.157

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Title

The Courtesans Konosu, Tamazusa, and Shiratama of the Kada Brothel, from the book A Mirror of Competing Forms of Beauties of the Green Houses

Related Titles

book title (original language): 青楼美人合姿鏡

book title (translated): A Mirror of Competing Forms of Beauties of the Green Houses

book title (translated); alternate: Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses

book title (transliterated): Seirô bijin awase sugata kagami

Artist

Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726-1792)

Related People

publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō (Japanese, active 1774-4th month 1852)

publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese, active ca. 1684-1830s)

Date

1776

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

two pages from a bound book; color woodblock print with ink and color on paper; nishiki-e

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 9 1/8 in x 11 13/16 in; sheet: 9 9/16 in x 12 1/8 in

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.157

Copyright

public domain

Terms

color

Edo

ink

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

paper

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

woodblocks

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