Image
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)
Beauty on a balcony (Bijin), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Title
Beauty on a balcony (Bijin)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches); Sheet: 37 x 25.7 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 10 Toyokuni III; in a later hand bottom left-center: 25c/580
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Seals: Artist's toshidama seal; engraver's seal | Yokogawa Horitake; publisher's emblem | Isekane; censors' seals | Watanabe Shoemon (right) and Mera Taichiro; date seal | 1853.11
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Object Number
13.1432
About
Beauty on a balcony (Bijin)
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 10 Toyokuni III; in a later hand bottom left-center: 25c/580
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Seals: Artist's toshidama seal; engraver's seal | Yokogawa Horitake; publisher's emblem | Isekane; censors' seals | Watanabe Shoemon (right) and Mera Taichiro; date seal | 1853.11
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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