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Japan
Victoria and Albert Museum- Identifier
- E.266-1934
- Acquisition
- Bequeathed by Sir Edward David Stern (part of the Sir Edward David Stern collection).
- Carried out by
- Shunchō I (http://data.silknow.org/activity/designer)
- Collection
- Material
- Technique
- Depiction
- Floral motif 64%
- Floral motif 83%
- Dimension
- 36.83 cm (height)24.13 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
Description
Print made by Shuncho I, Japan, nineteenth century.
Portrait format print, of two courtesans taking air, surrounded by attendants, on a gold ground. The courtesans are denoted by their elaborate kimonos and obis and their elaborate hairstyles. The print is signed 'Yushido Shuncho.'
