Kuniyoshi’s paintings of beautiful women

Part II

 

 

Description: Partially disrobed woman at a bathhouse

Schaap: 1.25

Date: 1844-1854

Location: Ôta Memorial Ukiyo-e Museum

 

Description: Woman seated under a cherry blossoms

Schaap: 1.26

 

Description: Young woman wearing a kimono with long hanging sleeves

Schaap: 1.27

Date: c. 1848-1850

Location: Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genova

 

Description: Two beauties seated beneath cherry blossoms in the moonlight

Schaap: 1.28

Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

 

Description: Courtesan wearing a robe with Ôtsu pictures

Schaap: 1.29

Date: c. 1848-1854

Location: Takashima Masao Collection, Japan

 

 

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Description: Geisha standing beneath cherry blossoms arranging her obi

Schaap: 1.30

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Location: Ôta Memorial Ukiyo-e Museum, Tokyo

 

Description: Standing courtesan wearing two hair combs

Schaap: 1.31

Date: c. 1848-1850

Location: Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art

 

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Description: The courtesan Jigoku Reigan of Takasu who was adopted and patronized by the priest Ikkyu

Size: 145 x 82 cm

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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

 

Description: Standing courtesan

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Description: Standing shirabyôshi dancer

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Date: c. 1849-1853

 

 

Description: Unidentified female warrior

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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.


Description: Beauty standing by two maple trees 

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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.


Description: Beauty standing by a closed koto box 

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Description: Young woman reading a letter 

Schaap: This painting cannot be 1.20, based on the ratio of its height to width

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“Schaap” refers to listing in Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998)

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