A child attendant for a courtesan in a brothel holds a western watch and looks towards the client. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.
Date:
1870
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36889i
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A child attendant for a courtesan in a brothel holds a western watch and looks towards the client. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The screen on the left is in the rimpa style, where the natural forms are simplified

Half-length figures

There is bedding in the bottom left corner

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1870.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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Lettering

Third generation Ichiyōsai Toyokuni-hitsu Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title

Notes

Secret pictures of the twelve hours: hour of the tiger 3-5am

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36889i

Creator/production credits

A striking design in the late Kunisada style, exploiting western pigments (especially the purple)

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