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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.669.A
People
Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Japanese (Edo 1761 - 1816)
Published by Tsutaya Jûzaburô
Title
A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing (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/211282

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Accordion-fold woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
38.2 x 25.9 x 1.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 x 9/16 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
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/09/2016 - 09/08/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/08/2016 - 12/01/2016

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