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Seirô bijin awase sugata kagami (Mirror of Forms of Fair Women of the Green Houses)

Seirô bijin awase sugata kagami (Mirror of Forms of Fair Women of the Green Houses)

青楼美人合姿鏡

Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Blockcutter: Inoue Shinshichi (Japanese)
Author of preface: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazaki Kinbei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1776 (An'ei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and mica on paper

Dimensions 28.1 x 18.7 cm (11 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.) (ôhon)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2006.1749.1-3

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #136; Keyes, Ehon (2006), #20; Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 5 (1990), p. 121; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), pp. 180-1

Signed 北尾花藍重改
勝川酉　春章

Marks Printed seals, black

InscriptionsNone

ProvenanceSource unidentified.