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Interior view of a restaurant in the pleasure quarters along the banks of the Tamagawa

Print
1820s (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Interior view of a restaurant in the pleasure quarters along the banks of the Tamagawa showing fashinably dressed women servants going about their business. Signed 'Gototei Kunisada ga', with publisher's seal and censor's seal (kiwame). Ôban triptych.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleInterior view of a restaurant in the pleasure quarters along the banks of the Tamagawa (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour print from woodblocks
Brief description
Japanese woodblock print, view of the interior of a restaurant on the banks of the Tamagawa, Utagawa Kunisada, 1820s.
Physical description
Interior view of a restaurant in the pleasure quarters along the banks of the Tamagawa showing fashinably dressed women servants going about their business. Signed 'Gototei Kunisada ga', with publisher's seal and censor's seal (kiwame). Ôban triptych.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.8cm
  • Width: 75.8cm
Ôban triptych
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.5560-1886

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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