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Feminine Patterns for Modern Beauties
Feminine Patterns for Modern Beauties
Object number1971.35.3

Feminine Patterns for Modern Beauties

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Feminine Patterns for Modern Beauties
Date1806
Artist (Japanese, 1787-1868)
CultureJapanese
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet (Vertical oban): 15 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (39 x 27 cm)
Credit LineGift from the estate of Harriet Anderson, class of 1903
Period19th c (Edo period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, center left edge, signed in block: 鳥居清峰筆 (Torii Kiyomine hitsu)
InscribedOn recto, upper right, in block: 当世美人女雛形 (Tōsei bijin onna hinagata; Feminine Patterns for Modern Beauties)
MarkingsOn recto, lower off center left edge, in censor's seal in block: 極 (kiwame) On recto, lower left corner, publisher's seal in block: Nishimuraya Yohahsi (Eijudō)
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