Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki. – Historic Reproduction
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki.
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Three sheets joined side by side present three women named in the title as Shigeoka of the Okamotoya house, Sugatano of the Sugataebiya house, and Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya house. Such triptychs of named courtesans were a staple of late Edo publishing, when the licensed quarters of Edo drew crowds and their most fashionable women set styles in hairstyles, kimono, and manner that townspeople widely copied. The set is printed in vertical oban format, and its date range of roughly 1848 to 1868 places it near the end of the shogunate, shortly before the Meiji period transformed the city and its entertainment districts.
| Created / published | [between 1848 and 1868] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.8 x 74.8 cm (whole image), 37.8 x 25.4 cm (left panel), 37.7 x 24.9 cm (center panel), 37.8 x 24.5 cm (right panel) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Three panels from a set of Vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Courtesans--Japan--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,582 × 4,478 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221906 |
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