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青楼絵本年中行事 「初会之図」
First Meeting (Shokai no zu), from the book Seirô ehon nenjû gyôji (Picturebook of Annual Events in the Yoshiwara)
青楼絵本年中行事 「初会之図」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper
Dimensions
Two pages; 18 x 26.8 cm (7 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number56.94
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #487.15 (bw photo in text vol.); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections, Beres Collection (1991), fig. 130
DescriptionVolume 2, double-page picture 3.
Book published by Kazusaya Chûsuke, with text by Jippensha Ikku.
Book published by Kazusaya Chûsuke, with text by Jippensha Ikku.
Signed
(On title page of Vol. 1: Kitagawa Utamaro ga)