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Portrait of Beauty, Karakoto at Chôji-ya

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Portrait of Beauty, Karakoto at Chôji-ya

late 18th century - ca. 1806
18th/19th century
370 x 242 mm (14.6 x 9.5 in.)

Utamaro Kitagawa, aka Shimbi, Toyoaki, Yûsuke, Yûki Entaisai, Issôshurichôsai, Japanese, (1753–1806)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Color woodcut

Marks: Inscribed, upper left: “Chôji-ya nai” [name of the house], “Karakoto” [name of the beauty]; signed, center left: “Utamaro hitsu” [artist’s name]

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1948

Accession Number: 1948.D2.370

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courtesans*, portraits*, Ukiyo-e

courtesans - Prostitutes who draw their clientele from a court or from the upper classes, and whose services often include social entertaining as well as sexual activity. [January 1993 descriptor added.]
portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
Ukiyo-e

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image Dimensions: 370 x 242 mm (14.6 x 9.5 in.)

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Utamaro Kitagawa, aka Shimbi, Toyoaki, Yûsuke, Yûki Entaisai, Issôshurichôsai, Japanese, (1753–1806) . Portrait of Beauty, Karakoto at Chôji-ya, late 18th century - ca. 1806. Color woodcut. image : 370 x 242 mm (14.6 x 9.5 in.). Sheet : 387 x 262 mm (15.2 x 10.3 in.). DAC accession number 1948.D2.370. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1948. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: R. Lancefield) .

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