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Description: | IU, un s. on plate b. r. "Keisai Eisen ga"; inscr. on plate t. r. "Theatre on Clove Street" (translation); inscr. on plate c. l. "Mirror of Famous Places in Edo" (translated); publisher's seal on lantern; censor's seal b. r. CRE EISEN, Keisai; (Japanese; 1790 - 1848) PUB Maru-ya jinpachi (Marujin) (Enjudo). This publishing house was acitve from 1760 - 1860. The woman appears to be planning a trip to the kabuki theatre in 'Choji machi' by palanquin. Choji machi was situated in Edo, close to Nihonbashi. This area was populated by many theatres, such as the Nakamura za, and was a fashionable entertainment and shopping district. The roundel (t. l. corner of the print) is shaped like a clove flower, a popular decorative motif that appears again in the design of the woman's kimono. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JAPANESE PRINT : GILBERT INNES COLLECTION : NORIMONO : TEXTILE : BEAUTY : KIMONO : THEATRE : KABUKI : LANTERN : HEAD PIECE : PALANQUIN : ENTERTAINMENT : YEISEN : UKIYO-E : COURTESAN : FASHION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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