PERMISSIVE TONES: THE GODDESS OF AUTUMN (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: Was it Tatsutahime, the lovely goddess of autumn, who wove the brocade for these mountains? With each chilling shower the splendid colors grow deeper and deeper, how wonderful! 秋乃山のにしきはたつたひめやをりけんしくれふるたびごとにいろのますぞあやしき (from the song cycle Peace in the Emperor’s Realm 天下太平, 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 18 cm

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