The Lovers Mikkatsu and Akane-ya Hanschichi
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
(Japanese, 1753 - 1806)
Date1797 - 1798
Place of ManufactureAsia
Mediumwoodcut
Medium Remarks: coloured inks
DimensionsOverall (sheet/image; Oban size): 39.6 x 26.3 cm
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineFred & Isabel Pollard Collection
Object number1965.031.001
DescriptionThis Mikatsu & Hanshichi print is one of a set of twenty-four published in 1797-98, of which fifteen have been identified. Each print shows a young woman with her lover in some intimate moment. Mikatsu, seen in three-quarter length, looms over Hanshichi, below & slightly behind her. Her head is inclined demurely & her fingers modestly interlocked. Hanshichi seems lost in thought.Status
Not on viewFrancesco (attributed To) Albani