Afterword by Akerakan Shujin (Akera Kankō) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
PrintsJapanese18th century

Afterword by Akerakan Shujin (Akera Kankō) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Artists

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演Artist
Classification
Prints
Medium
Detached Afterword from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink on paper with printed signature reading "Kitao Rissai Masanobu" and seal reading "Soseki" as well as publisher's name and address reading "Kōshōdō Tsutaya Jūzaburō"
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Century
18th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

37.78 x 51.12 cm (14 7/8 x 20 1/8 in.)

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Afterword by Akerakan Shujin (Akera Kankō) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami) | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI