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Shinchi before a Mirror, Winter, from the Series ‘Four Seasons in the Brothel District’

Kitano Tsunetomi, 1918

Tsunetomi was first and foremost a painter. The loose lineation and the less sharply outlined passages of colour in this print are therefore reminiscent of a painting. However, looking closely at the background of the print and the mirror, you can clearly see the imprint of the grain of the woodblock on the paper.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-2022-107-68
  • Dimensionsheight 395 mm, width 261 mm
  • Physical characteristicskleurenhoutsnede; lijnblok in grijs met kleurblokken

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Fuyu [Shinchi] kagami no mae
    • Winter (Shinchi): Before the mirror
    • Shinchi before a Mirror, Winter, from the Series ‘Four Seasons in the Brothel District’
  • Series title(s)

    • Four seasons of the licensed quarters
    • Kuruwa no shunjū (series title on object)
  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-2022-107-68

  • Description

    Een vrouw in een rode kimono, versierd met donkerrode bladeren, fatsoeneert haar kapsel voor een grote ovalen spiegel. Shinchi verwijst naar een van de rosse buurten van Osaka.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature: ‘Tsunetomi hitsu’


Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Kitano Tsunetomi, Japan
    • bloksnijder: Kitano Tsunetomi, Japan
    • bloksnijder: Higuchi Genbei, Japan
    • printer (person): Rikimatsu Tadokoro, Japan
    • publisher: Seikado, Japan
  • Dating

    1918

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    kleurenhoutsnede; lijnblok in grijs met kleurblokken

  • Dimensions

    • height 395 mm
    • width 261 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of Stichting Für Elise. Nihon no hanga collection, collected by Elise Wessels

  • Acquisition

    gift 2022-10-05


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