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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.88
People
Illustrated by Yoshida Hanbei, Japanese (1600 - 1699)
Author: Ihara Saikaku (1642 - 1693)
Title
Five Women Who Loved Love (Koshoku gonin onna), in 5 Volumes
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Koshoku gonin onna
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
Early Edo period, 1686
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/97589

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Set of five thread-bound, woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Donald F. Hyde in honor of Shigeo Sorimachi
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.88
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John M. Rosenfield, "Japanese Printing and Graphic Arts of the Edo Period", Apollo (New Series), Apollo Publications Inc. (London, England, June 1978), vol. CVII, no. 196, pp. 470-476, Page 471 / Fig. 2
  • John M. Rosenfield, Japanese Printing and Graphic Arts of the Edo Period, Apollo (London and New York, June 1978), vol. 107, pp. 470-476

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