Actors as the sculptor Hidari Jingorō and the spirit of Oyama doll. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1860.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
Date:
Month 3, 1860
Reference:
35954i
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Description

The courtesan's robe is decorated with stylized waterwheels and she wears an elaborate hairstyle of heavy tortoise-shell combs and hairpins appropriate to her station

Half-length figures

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 3, 1860.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, block cutter's mark, censor's seal and actor's role

Reference

Wellcome Collection 35954i

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