PERMISSIVE TONES: A JEWELED CHAPLET (Kitao Shigemasa)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: abuna-e あぶな絵 dangerous pictures

Artist: Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820)
From the book: Picture Book, Permissive Tones 艶本免の音色, vol. 3 下

Top inscription: At dawn, a morning glory fresh with dew drops on the bamboo fence. A jeweled chaplet gracefully adorns the flowery image of the lady. しの雲のまがきに露をふくむあさがお玉のかすらたをやかにかゝるや花のおもかけ (from the song cycle Light Snow 薄雪, translation by Tsuge Gen’ichi 柘植元一)

Publisher: Daikodo 大好堂

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: sumizuri-e 墨摺絵 monochromatic woodblock printing

Year: ca. 1779
Condition: reasonable, significant paper thinnings, trimmed margins
Dimensions: 27 x 17,5 cm

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