. English: Accession Number: Display Artist: Iwase Masanobu Display Title: Calligraphy of the Famous Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarter Translation(s): Seiro meikun jihitsu shu Series Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami (A Comparison of New Beauties w Suite Name: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami Creation Date: 1784 Medium: Woodblock Height: 14 11/16 in. Width: 19 15/16 in. Display Dimensions: 14 11/16 in. x 19 15/16 in. ( cm x cm) Publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Cora Timken Burnett Label Copy: 'This print is f
. English: Accession Number: Display Artist: Iwase Masanobu Display Title: Calligraphy of the Famous Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarter Translation(s): Seiro meikun jihitsu shu Series Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami (A Comparison of New Beauties w Suite Name: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami Creation Date: 1784 Medium: Woodblock Height: 14 11/16 in. Width: 19 15/16 in. Display Dimensions: 14 11/16 in. x 19 15/16 in. ( cm x cm) Publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Cora Timken Burnett Label Copy: 'This print is from an extraordinary, large-scale album featuring two courtesans with their attendants from the top seven brothels of Yoshiwara. Wearing sumptuous kimono, the courtesans Matsuto and Segawa with their young apprentice attendants, or kamuro, are featured here. Above, in their own calligraphy, are sophisticated poems composed by the well-educated courtesans.' Label Copy (Spanish): 'Este grabado es de un extraordinario lbum de escala grande que presenta a dos cortesanas con sus asistentes de los siete burdeles ms importantes de Yoshiwara. Las cortesanas Matsuto y Segawa, vestidas con kimonos suntuosos, estn representadas aqu con sus asistentes aprendices o kamuro. Arriba, en su propia caligrafa estn los sofisticados poemas compuestos por las ilustradas cortesanas. ' Collection: The San Diego Museum of Art . 9 May 2007, 15:47:56. English: thesandiegomuseumofartcollection Calligraphy of the Famous Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarter (5765886134)
Size: 2601px × 1922px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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