A woman turns to a man famous sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) A woman turns to a manBeroemde sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) Property Type: surimono Item number: RP-P-1958-547Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 499Jap Cat IV 241 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a rooster description: a woman looks likes a man holding a fan in front of him, where a letter is. B
A woman turns to a man famous sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) A woman turns to a manBeroemde sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) Property Type: surimono Item number: RP-P-1958-547Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 499Jap Cat IV 241 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a rooster description: a woman looks likes a man holding a fan in front of him, where a letter is. Both poems speak in this film about love letters (kesôbumi) sold at the beginning of the new year. The man is probably a seller of such love letters. As these vendors were pariah, he has covered most of his face. The woman is likely to come from a high class and wear a special kimono as a sort of veil her face can bedekken. Manufacturer : printmaker: Keisai requirements (listed building) poet Kinjakudô Harumune (listed building) poet Hyakkaen Harumichi (listed object) Place manufacture: Japan Date: ca. 1810 - 1820 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; embossing; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigment material: paper Technique: color woodblock / embossing dimensions: sheet: h 210 mm (shikishiban) b × 182 mmToelichtingEen surimono is a luxurious picture in which image is combined with one or more of poems. When the printing of a surimono was often use is made of thicker paper, embossing, and metal pigments, such as copper and silver powder. The prints were often commissioned by poets and as an exclusive gift to friends and relations and legal gegeven.
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