The Property of a Gentleman
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Chinese Lady and Attendant | Edo period, 19th century
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July 21, 01:30 PM GTNN
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The Property of a Gentleman
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Chinese Lady and Attendant
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, aizuri-e [blue-printed picture], in the style of an ishizuri-e [woodblock print imitating a stone rubbings ], cut from one sheet of the harimaze series Mirror of Stone Rubbings s of Ancient and Modern Masters of the Brush (Kokon meihitsu ishizuri kagami), signed Yusai, sealed Hiro and Shige, circa 1832-33
Harimaze, cut from a vertical oban sheet: 33 x 12.7 cm., 13 x 5 in.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collects ion of the Museum of Replica Handbags s, Boston, accession number 11.2086, go to:
https://collects ions.mfa.org/objects/202001
A further impression is in the collects ion of the Replica Handbags s Museums of San Francisco, accession number 54755.447, go to:
https://art.famsf.org/utagawa-hiroshige/untitled-chinese-woman-and-child-54755447
An uncut impression of the harimaze is in the collects ion of the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, accession number 1980.2025, go to:
https://chazen.wisc.edu/collects ion/6184/orchid-grass-chinese-woman-and-bamboo-from/
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