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「松木氏蔵書 紅絵売之図」 松木平吉の引札
Vendor of Hand-colored Prints, from the Matsuki Collection (Matsuki-shi zôsho, Beni-e uri no zu); Advertisement for Publisher Matsuki Heikichi
「松木氏蔵書 紅絵売之図」 松木平吉の引札
Japanese
Meiji era
1890 (Meiji 23)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25 x 33.1 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession NumberRES.21.436
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schaap & Rimer, Beauty of Silence (2010), p. 37, fig. 37; Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #4; the original print: Yoshida, Ukiyo-e jiten, vol. 3 (1971), p. 213
DescriptionBased on a print of the Kyôhô era (1716-1736), unsigned but attributed to Okumura Toshinobu, showing the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I (identified by the crest on his kimono, not included in this version; the original publisher's trademark has also been removed) as a street vendor of selling beni-e, the type of hand-colored prints made at that time. The image was repeatedly reproduced in books on the history of ukiyo-e, beginning in the early 19th century.