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Yoshimachi Menten, Civilization-36 Banquets

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.04
Description
Print is divided in half diagonally by a brown staircase on the left side that one Geisha is climbing. Another Geigha is standing on the floor, holding a sash of red fabric in her mouth. She is wearing a checkered Kimono. A servant is bending to her left picking out a piece of green fabric. A g…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Yoshimachi Menten, Civilization-36 Banquets
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 25.0 cm
Description
Print is divided in half diagonally by a brown staircase on the left side that one Geisha is climbing. Another Geigha is standing on the floor, holding a sash of red fabric in her mouth. She is wearing a checkered Kimono. A servant is bending to her left picking out a piece of green fabric. A garden with a tree is in the background. The floor is green, and panelled wood.
Subject
Figures
Japanese
geisha
servants
activity
changing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.04
Images
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Artist
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865, Japanese)
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KuU.04.01
Description
A man with white hair faces to the left, raising a sword above his head. The background is decorated with a red herringbone pattern. He wears a floral kimono in shades of blue and red.This work has an Aratame Seal at the bottom left, the publisher’s mark for Joshuya Shigezo at the bottom left and t…
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Artist
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865, Japanese)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.25 x 25 cm
Description
A man with white hair faces to the left, raising a sword above his head. The background is decorated with a red herringbone pattern. He wears a floral kimono in shades of blue and red.This work has an Aratame Seal at the bottom left, the publisher’s mark for Joshuya Shigezo at the bottom left and the signature for Toyokuni III (ca. 1857) at the bottom right.
Subject
man
Japanese
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KuU.04.01
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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