Yui, from the series, "The Highest Ranking Geisha's Journey"

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Keisei Eisen, Japanese, 1790 – 1848
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The woman sitting against a shoji screen, resting on one arm, sits in contemplation. The framework of the building highlights the same orange color in her kimono. There is a window in the print that shows a natural landscape. Other Japanese characters written in kanji and hiragana are dispersed around the print.
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
ca. 1830
Accession Number
1941-31-150
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
theater
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
made in
Japan
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Record ID
chndm_1941-31-150
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq474c8ae95-5599-4c4e-9e57-e1357fa2757c
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