Courtesan Hanamurasaki of Tamaya

Artist Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790 - 1848)

Series Publisher Wakasaya Yoichi

Datec.1835

Place of ManufactureAsia

Mediumwoodcut

DimensionsOverall (sheet): 36.8 x 24.8 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineThe Murray and Ann Bell Asian Collection

Object number2010.042.007

DescriptionCourtesan Hanamurasaki of Tamaya sands in front of a screen onwhich two shadows are cast. She is wearing a long black and blue kimono with a sash hanging down at the front, decorated with birds. She hold a small roll of paper? in her two hands at chest height.

Status

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