PrintsJapanese18th century

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

Tsutaya JûzaburôPublisher

Classification

Prints

Medium

Accordion-fold woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

38.2 x 25.9 x 1.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 x 9/16 in.)

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