diptych print; surimono; advertisement

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Object Type: diptych print; surimono; advertisement
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.473
Description: Colour woodblock-printed diptych, surimono. Advertisement for joruri performance: Woman about to wash her face from ritual lacquered basin; girl pouring out water into basin. Inscribed, and signed.
Producer name: Print artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
School/style: Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods: Kansei Era
Production date: 1799 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 20 centimetres; Width: 52.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Smith 1988 A woman is about to wash her face from the ritual lacquered basin called a 'tsunodarai'. The inscription makes it clear that this is an advertisement for a joruri (recited drama) performance on the 23rd of the sixth month. The signature is 'Painted by Sori changing his name to Hokusai'.
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (203); Smith 1988 / Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan (192)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: puppetry
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date: 1906
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1906,1220,0.473

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