Image

Kaigestsudo Dohan

Courtesan

Description

Maker

After Kaigestsudo Dohan (Japanese)
Watanabe Shōzaburō, publisher
After Igaya (Japanese), publisher

Title

Courtesan

Period

Taisho

Year

1916.10

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 57.6 x 28.3 cm (22 11/16 x 11 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[notations]
Paper label affixed to verso with signature and seal of John Happer attesting that the print was printed by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1910 from an original block on paper "over 300 years old." JWO 01/23/2006

Inscription verso, bottom left on adhered paper in ink: Print made from a/genuine old block engraved/not later than 1705,/on paper of the same period/with ink over 300 years' old./Tokyo. October 1916./Printer: S. Watanabe/Certified as a true/statement J[?]Happer

Three red seals stamped verso, bottom left corner.

Signature: Nihon giga Kaigetsu matsuyo Dohan zu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Igaya hanmoto

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1054

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Black on White
Monochromatic Japanese Prints
Dec 08, 2000 – Mar 04, 2001

Label copy

This very striking portrait of a courtesan is a close copy of an authentic composition by Dohan, whose prints were all monochromatic.

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Tombstone

After Kaigestsudo Dohan (Japanese)
Watanabe Shōzaburō, publisher
After Igaya (Japanese), publisher
Courtesan, 1916.10
Monochrome woodblock print
Sheet: 57.6 x 28.3 cm (22 11/16 x 11 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1054

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