[Geisha stepping into a boat] – Vintage Wall Art
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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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of [Geisha stepping into a boat]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Geisha stepping into a boat]
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A geisha is shown stepping into a boat, with a boatman in attendance, in this two-page color woodcut. The sheet is one of the pages from a book titled *Kakuchū enpu*, and the Library of Congress dates it to 1803, a date taken from a 2001 publication on the Floating World of ukiyo-e. Artists of this period carved blocks and inked them in several colors to produce such scenes for a popular market, and pleasure-quarter subjects like this one were among the most sought after. The title was devised by library staff, so the image itself is the best guide to its meaning.
| Created / published | [1803] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (2 pages) : woodcut, color. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Pages in: Kakuchū en[pu]. [Japan : s.n., not before 1806]. Title devised by Library staff. Date from The floating world of Ukiyo-e ..., p. 108. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 108. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Geishas--Japan--1800-1810. Boatmen--Japan--1800-1810. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,684 × 4,560 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222088 |
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