Beauties Mirrored in the
Forms of Flowers
(Sugata hana bijin kagami, 姿花美女鏡)
Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô
c. 1836
This series is listed as number 96 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. |
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Title: Toyo-oka (豊岡) from the house of Okamoto-ya (岡本屋内豊岡) Description: Courtesan
holding letter |
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I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image of a simplified
state of the above design, which is also ôban
sized. Note that this print does not
have a publisher’s seal. |
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Title: Description: Standing courtesan
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Title: Description: Standing courtesan
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Title: Description: Crouching courtesan
holding a role of paper I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image of a simplified
state bearing the seal of the publisher Koshimura-ya
Heisuke. |
“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN
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