A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡

Creator Name

Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝)

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1784, early spring (Tenmei 4)

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Illustrated book

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Title

A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡

Creator

Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝), Japanese, 1761–1816, Artist

Worktype

Illustrated Books

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

14 15/16 × 10 1/4 in. (38 × 26 cm);
height: 38centimetre;
width: 26centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1784, early spring (Tenmei 4)

Provenance

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

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Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Women

Topic

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Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝), A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡, 1784, early spring (Tenmei 4), Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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