1933.4.631: The Courtesan Kasugano of Sasaya (Sasaya uchi Kasugano), from the series Contest of Tea House Beauties (Kakuchū bijin kurabe)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.631
- People
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Hosoda Eishō (Chōkōsai), Japanese (active 1780 - 1800)
- Title
- The Courtesan Kasugano of Sasaya (Sasaya uchi Kasugano), from the series Contest of Tea House Beauties (Kakuchū bijin kurabe)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Kakuchū bijin kurabe: Sasaya uchi Kasugano
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- Late Edo period, circa 1795-1796
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/199473
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, colors, and mica on paper with printed signature reading "Eishō ga"
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. 37.5 cm x W. 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
- Accession Year
- 1933
- Object Number
- 1933.4.631
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Color Plate 036; pp. 78-79
Exhibition History
- Women and the Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/10/1994 - 03/05/1995
Verification Level
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