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The Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonji-ya
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1806 - 1817
- Artist/maker
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Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753 - 1806) (designer)
- Associated people
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Yamamoto Yoichi (active c. 1788 - c. 1827) (publisher)Wakasaya Yoichi (active c. 1794 - 1897) (publisher)Daimonji-ya Hitomoto (active early 19th century) (subject)
- Material and technique
- nishiki-e (multi-block) woodblock print, printed with water-based vegetable pigments
- Dimensions
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mount 55.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
print 35.7 x 25.9 cm (height x width)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
- Accession no.
- EAX.4136
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 August-30 November 2005, Beauties of the Four Seasons, Mitsuko Watanabe, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), no. 18 on p. 36, illus. p. 37
Glossary (2)
nishiki-e, vegetable pigments
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nishiki-e
Nishiki-e literally means 'brocade pictures' and refers to multi-coloured woodblock prints.
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vegetable pigments
Vegetable pigments were used to create coloured dyes for Japanese prints, paintings, and textiles. These pigments often faded over time due to the chemical reactions they underwent.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Beauties of the Four Seasons
Utamaro II succeeded Utamaro after May 1806, and worked during the Bunka era (1804-18). This print depicts the Courtesan Hitomoto of the house of Daimonji-ya and another unidentified courtesan. Hitomoto, Okita of the Naniwa-ya and Ohisa of the Takashima-ya were beauties who had been often depicted by Utamaro I.
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