Avant et après - seated Japanese woman fanning herself from 'The Sixth Month: Summer airing of clothes'
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(designer)
1786-1864
1786-1864
Yokogawa Takejiro (woodcutter)
Tsutaya Kichizo (publisher)
(collector)
1848-1903
1848-1903
Title
Avant et après - seated Japanese woman fanning herself from 'The Sixth Month: Summer airing of clothes'
Date of Production
1854
Medium
polychrome woodblock print laid down on album page
Dimensions
Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Object Number
MS.2020.XX.1.back flyleaf verso
Mode of Acquisition
HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 2020
Credit
Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2020
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Inscription: Japanese characters printed in black on the woman's fan and two circular date seals in black ink at lower left, one cut off by trimming of the lower edge.
Provenance
See MS.2020.XX.1.
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