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The Maidservant Hatsu

  • Description

    In 1842 the Japanese government passed laws banning prints of courtesans and geisha. This encouraged artists to depict other kinds of women. This series shows women from history who are all famous for their loyalty. The rectangular cartouche in the top left-hand corner of each print tells the story of the woman shown.

  • Details

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    Series
    Lives of Wise and Heroic Women
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Date
    c. 1842
    Artist/maker
    Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) (designer)
    Associated people
    Ibaya Senzaburō (active c. 1820s - c. 1870s) (publisher)
    Material and technique
    woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
    Dimensions
    frame 59.6 x 44.5 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)
    print 35 x 24.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.
    Accession no.
    EA1983.92

Location

    • currently in research collection

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