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The Courtesan Hanazuma of the Hyōgoya and Kenbishi Sake by Sakagami
(Japan and Korea )
The courtesan Hanazuma standing on the left, holding a mirror in her left hand, and looking to her left at a sake barrel in straw twine at the top right. A sake jug with the mon (crest or logo) of the tea house. A bookmark cartouche contains the name of the courtesan and her house just at the bottom center of the barrel. The sake bowl at the right next to the barrel gives the name of the beer. A small partially unrolled scroll is on the bottom center. Background color of wall is yellow, floor is orange.
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Provenance
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Vever Collection; Ronin Gallery, N. Y., 1978; Mrs. Shirley H. Hunt, Charlestown, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1998.
Exhibitions
| 2018-2019 | Japanese Woodblock Prints: The Art of Collaboration. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Edo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 1/16 in. (36 x 23 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Shirley H. Hunt, in memory of Margaret and Charles Hampton, 1998
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.859