Original woodblock print triptych - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - "Zensei sato no sugata yu" 全盛廓の姿湯 (Bath House of the Pleasure Quarter in All Its Glory) - Japan - 1868 (Keio 4/Meiji 1), 11th month
Artist: Kunichika Toyohara (1835-1900)
Title: "Zensei sato no sugata yu" 全盛廓の姿湯 (Bath House of the Pleasure Quarter in All Its Glory)
Date: 1868 (Keio 4/Meiji 1), 11th month
Publisher: Tsunoi 津ノ井
Dimensions: (L) 24.3cm x 36.5cm (M) 24cm x 36.5 (R) 24.3cm x 36.4
(Triptych size) 72.6cm x 36.5cm
Condition: A few pinholes. Restoration work throughout triptych. Backing. Trimmed.
This print depicts a Japanese bathhouse, or sentō. Bathhouses such as the one here used to be, and still are, very common in Japan and play a big part in Japanese culture. What make this particular bathhouse alluring for print buyers is the fact that it portrays, and identifies, the most popular courtesans of the pleasure quarter in one of their most intimate moments. Both the sensuality and social aspect of communal bathing are represented in this image.
See Waseda University: https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/detail.html?arg={%22subDB_id%22:%2252%22,%22id%22:%22171500;1%22}&lang=en
- Oggetto
- Trittico originale con stampa xilografica
- Tecnica
- Stampa a blocchi di legno policroma Nishiki-e (broccato)
- Materiale
- Carta Washi
- Periodo
- 1868 (Keio 4 / Meiji 1), undicesimo mese
- Regione/ Paese d'origine
- Giappone
- Artista/fabbricante
- Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
- Attribuzione
- Originale
- Tema/raffigurazione
- Bagno, cortigiana
- Titolo dell'opera
- "Zensei sato no sugata yu" 全盛廓の姿湯 (Bath House of the Pleasure Quarter in All Its Glory)
- Condizioni
- In buone condizioni, vedi descrizione
- Dimensioni
- 36.5×72.6×0.1 cm