About This Print
Picturing a geisha stringing a
shamisen, 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. The geisha's name and the name of the restaurant are unread.
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.
About The Series
To see other prints in this series go to the print
Geisha from the Hiramtasu Restaurant (IHL Cat. #577).
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #577 |
| Title (Description) | Geisha stringing a shamisen
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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 国周筆 |
| Seal | toshidama seal as shown above
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| Publication Date | aratame date seal November 1870 (Meiji 3) 未十一改 |
| Publisher | Yorozuya Magobei 万屋 孫兵衛 |
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| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent
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| Condition | good - backed with thin paper; some color loss along vertical fold on right edge; irregular trimming of right and top margins; minor soiling
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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 x 9 7/8 in. (35.6 x 25.1 cm) |
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