A courtesan famous sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) A courtesan famous sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) Property Type: surimono Item number: RP-P-1958-534Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 497Jap Cat IV 243 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a cock description: a portrait of a courtesan who holds a stack of paper towels. Her big belt (obi) has a pattern of fans f

A courtesan famous sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) A courtesan famous sites and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title object) Property Type: surimono Item number: RP-P-1958-534Catalogusreferentie: Forrer 497Jap Cat IV 243 Inscriptions / Brands: collector's mark, verso, stamped: Lugt 2228 collector's mark , passe-partout, left, printed: JABdH with a cock description: a portrait of a courtesan who holds a stack of paper towels. Her big belt (obi) has a pattern of fans floating in a river. With one gedicht. Manufacturer : printmaker: Keisai requirements (listed building) poet Kôsutei Harunami (listed property) 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 201 mm (shikishiban) b × 180 mmToelichtingEen surimono is a luxurious print Where: on the 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 gegeven. Subject to friends and relations: courtesan, hetaera

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