Flower, by Utagawa Kunisada

An image of Flower. Kunisada, Utagawa (Japanese, 1786-1864). Colour print from woodblocks with metallic pigment and blind embossing (karazuri) and burnished black (tsuya-zuri). Shikishiban format surimono. circa 1823-1825. Notes: The 'Flower' print from a series entitled 'Flower and Bird, Wind and Moon' (Kachô-fugetsu). A geisha imagines that she sees the face of a lover in her mirror. His features resemble the Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorô III, so this may be wishful thinking. On the window sill is a pot of sakura-sô (literally 'cherry grass') known in English as Siebold's primrose.

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Flower. Kunisada, Utagawa (Japanese, 1786-1864). Colour print from woodblocks with metallic pigment and blind embossing (karazuri) and burnished black (tsuya-zuri). Shikishiban format surimono. circa 1823-1825. Notes: The 'Flower' print from a series entitled 'Flower and Bird, Wind and Moon' (Kachô-fugetsu). A geisha imagines that she sees the face of a lover in her mirror. His features resemble the Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorô III, so this may be wishful thinking. On the window sill is a pot of sakura-sô (literally 'cherry grass') known in English as Siebold's primrose.

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Accession Number: P.489-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 897 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 954.57kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:08:16 12:10:28

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19th Century burnished burnishing clothes clothing colour printing costume courtesan dressing table Edo Period embossed fashion female Fitz_PDP geigi geiko geisha hair hairstyle interior Japan Japanese kanzashi hairpin karazuri Katsura no tsuya-zuri kimono ledge mirrors obi print reflected reflection sash Shikishiban surimono tsuya-zuri tsuyazuri ukiyo-e Utagawa Kunisada window woman woodblock woodcut

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