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Toyohara Kunichika, Japanese, (1835–1900)
From the Parody of Day and Night, Twenty-four Hours: 9:00 a.m., 1890
Ink on Paper
14 in. x 9 5/16 in. (35.56 cm x 23.65 cm)

Object Type: Print

Technique: Wood-block Printing

Period: Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)

Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Aoki Endowment for Japanese Arts and Cultures

Accession Number: 2004.1.40

Alternate Title: Mitate chuya nijuyoji no uchi:

Edition

Fine colors, and fine impression with gauffrage.

Marks

Unsigned.

Medium

Colored ink on paper; oban tate-e.

Object Description

This series is regarded as Kunichika's finest, completed bijan series. The prints are a fascinating collection of beauties in different aspects of lives and full of intriguing word puns and allusions.

Provenance

Purchased by Bruce Coats from Auction Ukiyo-e, Ltd. in London, England, September 2004, using Aoki funds.

Publisher

Fukuda Kumajiro.

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1886-1890, Females, Japanese Customs, Parody and comedy

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