PrintsJapanese18th century

Afterword by Akerakan Shujin (Akera Kankō) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Artists

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Detached Afterword from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink on paper with printed signature reading "Kitao Rissai Masanobu" and seal reading "Soseki" as well as publisher's name and address reading "Kōshōdō Tsutaya Jūzaburō"

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

37.78 x 51.12 cm (14 7/8 x 20 1/8 in.)

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