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[Uchitsutsu-mae - a geisha standing playing a zither] – Antique Wall Art

[Uchitsutsu-mae - a geisha standing playing a zither], 1720 — historic print
[Uchitsutsu-mae - a geisha standing playing a zither], 1720. 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 woman stands with a zither in this hand-colored woodcut, titled *Uchitsutsu-mae*. The caption on the mount calls her Lady Uchitsutsu and places her in a series of three prints of beautiful women. Such pictures, known as *bijin-ga*, were a staple of Japanese woodblock printing, and musical skill was a common sign of refinement in them. The catalog record dates the print to 1720 and credits both Utagawa Hiroshige and Nishimura Shigenobu, names associated with different periods, so the date and attribution should be treated as tentative. Color was often added by hand to printed outlines like these, giving each impression its own tones.

Created / published1720
CreatorUtagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist.
Medium1 print : woodcut hand-colored.
NotesSigned: Eishi Nishimura Shigenobu. Typed caption on mount: [Lady Uchitsutsu : a series of three prints on beautiful ladies]. One of a series of three virtues represented by girls. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Preliminary catalog record
SubjectsZithers--Japanese--1720-1760. Geishas--1720-1760.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,887 × 7,449 px · prints to 13 × 25 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227684

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