1933.4.581: Courtesan Kamiya Jihei and Kinokuniya Koharu, from the series True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.581

People

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)

Title

Courtesan Kamiya Jihei and Kinokuniya Koharu, from the series True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami: Kamiya Jihei, Kinokuniya Koharu

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1798-1799

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/208509

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban format: H. 37.7 cm x W. 24.1 cm (14 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Utamaro hitsu
• inscription: Printed: Kiwame seal; Publisher's trademark and seal.
• collector's mark: Wakai Oyaji (Wakai Kenzaburō)

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

1933.4.581

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• John Fiorillo, "Tragedy and Laughter in the Floating World: Shinjû in the works of Utamaro and Kyôden", Andon, Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts (The Hague, Netherlands, June 1996), 54, Page 5 / Fig. 1

Exhibition History

• Masterworks of Ukiyo-e, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/20/1996 - 01/12/1997

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