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Edo Period Woodblock Print -Toyikuni–Geisha House browse these categories for related items... All Items: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Beauties: Pre 1837 VR: item #853843 Please refer to our stock #ICHI 907 when inquiring.
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This is a very full scene of geisha preparing for their evening assignments. It was printed by Toyokuni, 1759-1825. It is a double book page print and has a number of different ladies engaged in various preparations. One woman is fixing another woman's hairdo – another geisha is blackening her teeth (a sign of beauty in that period) – yet another is looking at herself in one of the older bronze mirrors used in the Edo period. > On the left hand side we find a young boy servant carrying a tray with a bowl containing some food or tea. To his left a geisha is walking away from the others – probably having completed her preparations for the evening. There are many detailed aspects in the scene that portray life in those days – the well inside the partially covered courtyard – the open window with a longer distance scene of pine trees in a landscape – the many implements needed for the geisha to make them selves up such as small chests with ointments, brushes, and other ladies accouterments. . The print measures 12” by 16” in the frame – the image measures 7” by 10 ¼”. It appears to be laid down on the backing because of the several wormholes. The registration is very fine – the colors have faded to light golds and greens. The condition would have to be described as reasonably good considering the age. We date the print to the Edo period, circa 1780-1815. A colleague has translated one of the sets of Kanji characters as "Kyaku Tooru"(guest passing thru). We believe this to be an original and not a later copy or edition. |
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