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[Geisha stepping into a boat] – Antique Wall Art

[Geisha stepping into a boat], [1803] — historic print
[Geisha stepping into a boat], [1803]. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(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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A geisha steps toward a boat while a boatman waits to take her across the water, in this two-page color woodcut. The book it comes from, *Kakuchū enpu*, is generally placed after 1806, though the picture itself is dated 1803 in a 2001 exhibition catalog. Boats and waterways were a familiar part of life in Edo, and printmakers in the ukiyo-e, or "floating world," tradition often used such scenes to show entertainers moving through the city's pleasure districts. Library staff supplied the title, which describes the scene.

Created / published[1803]
Medium1 print (2 pages) : woodcut, color.
Genreorganized by the Library of Congress, 2001.
NotesPages 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
SubjectsGeishas--Japan--1800-1810. Boatmen--Japan--1800-1810.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,670 × 4,599 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222087

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