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An Old Painting of the Courtesan Yugiri in the Tajiro Collection, Copied by Matora (Tajirô shozô mosha ni oite Yûgiri no koga Matora)


「田字楼所蔵摸写於夕霧之古画真虎」
Ôishi Matora (Japanese, 1792–1833)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1827 design

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.8 x 18.1 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number17.1458
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, "Tani Seikô," Andon 72-73 (2002), p. 22, list #42; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #123; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 331
DescriptionKeyes 2002: "Probably spring 1827. Tsumura published a copy of this print in the 1890s."

Poem translated in Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 324.
Signed Matora (signature included in title)
真虎