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Image of Courtesans Boating under Fireworks

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URL: web-kiosk.scrippscollege.edu/objects-1/info/20257

Chikanobu Yoshu, Japanese, (1838–1912)
Courtesans Boating under Fireworks, 1884
Ink on Paper
13 1/8 in. x 8 5/8 in. (33.34 cm x 21.91 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: 2004.1.33


Alternate Title: Meiyo iro no sakiwake
Full Title: Blossoming of Glorious Colors: Courtesans Boating under Fireworks

Edition
Fine impression with gauffrage.

Marks
Signed in the lower left. Text printed across the top, with a red cartouche in the upper right.

Medium
Colored ink on paper; oban tate-e.

Object Description
Meiji period color woodblock print from a series depicting honored courtesans. The image depicts the courtesan Shiratsuya of Inamoto-Ro and Kochiyo of Nakanomachi in a pleasure boat on the Sumida river, enjoying fireworks.

Provenance
Purchased by Bruce Coats from Auction Ukiyo-e, Ltd. in July 2004, using Aoki funds.

Publisher
Hashimoto Shinzo

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1880-1885, Boats, Courtesans, Lakes and Rivers

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