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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.669.A.4
People
Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Japanese (Edo 1761 - 1816)
Title
The courtesans Segawa and Matsundo of the Matsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami
Classification
Prints
Work Type
accordion-fold book
Date
Mid Edo period, dated 1784
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54690

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fourth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
38.2 cm (15 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.669.A.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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