Ichikawa of the Matsubaya

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Ichikawa of the Matsubaya

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Description

Like his famous elder Japanese contemporaries, Harunobu and Koryūsai, Kitagawa Utamaro (1750–1806) specialised in bijin-ga compositions depicting beautiful women  – so much so, that he took up residence at the gate of the notorious Yoshiwara (licensed brothel quarters) of Edo. This rare first-edition print is one several portraits he made of the oiran, or high-ranking yüjo ‘woman of pleasure’ Ichikawa, who worked in the Matsuba house in the Edomachi Itchome district of the Yoshiwara. She is ...

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Date created

1790-1800

Creator

Kitagawa Utamaro

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1528821

Related subjects

Courtesans / Kimonos / Smoking paraphernalia / poets / Japanese / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / woodcut / Middle Edo / Late Edo / Japan / Tokyo

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