Tayu Komurasaki and Hanmuraskai of the Kado Tamaya
Artist
Kitao Masanobu
(Japanese, 1761–1816)
Date1784
Mediummutlicolored woodblock print
Dimensions38.1 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.2322
DescriptionKoi Murasaki is bending over to examine by candlelight, a piece of brocade submitted by a dealer. Three others are rolled and lie on the floor. Hana Murasaki stands at left with a kamuro and looks at the brocade. A little further back two shinzo are seated beside an ando (night lantern). Printed are facsmilies of poems in the handwriting of each of the tayu.On View
Not on view
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
late 1822
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
about 1836–1838
