About This Print
Picturing a geisha wearing a
okoso zukin, a cold weather hood, against a red brocade background, this print is from the series
Thirty-six Tokyo Restaurants which pairs famous geisha with famous Tokyo eateries. In the series, the square panel at top left shows either speciality dishes or views from the eatery. The large yellow cartouche on the right shows the series' title, name of the geisha and the restaurant's address.
In 1878
Kunichika designed another series
Thirty-six Modern Restaurants (
Kaika Sanjūroku kaiseki) which also paired restaurants with beautiful women. Whether the publisher or the artist received compensation for the free advertising given to the restaurants portrayed is unknown nor is it known if Kunichika personally knew the women in the prints.
A Few Other Prints in the Series
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Tomi of the Sumiyoshi District |
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今戸 大匕
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Yanagibashi Shun
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日本橋魚仙
Nihonbashi Gyosen
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池の端数寄屋町
Sukiyachō Ikenobata
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Hotoku of the Shinmei district - Restaurant Kuruma-ogi | 新柳町亀せい
Shinyanagichō |
広小路小鶴
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #577 |
| Title (Description) | Geisha from the Hiramtasu Restaurant in Nihonbashi 日本橋 平松
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| Series | Thirty-six Tokyo Restaurants (Tōkei sanjūroku kaiseki 東京三十六会席) |
| Artist | Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900) |
| Signature | Kunichika hitsu with toshidama seal
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| Seal | toshidama seal
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| Publication Date | 
aratame date seal October (inter calendary) 1870 (Meiji 3)
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| Publisher | 
Yorozuya Magobei 万屋 孫兵衛 [Marks: seal 23-070; pub. ref. 627]
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| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent
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| Condition | good - album backing
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| Genre | ukiyo-e; bijin-ga
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Format | vertical oban
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H x W Paper
| 14 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (35.9 x 25.1 cm)
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