Avant et après - An Unidentified Courtesan, from the series 'A Comparison of Flowers at Night in the Cherry Blossom District' ('Hana kurabe kuruwa yo sakura')
Maker
(designer)
1786-1864
Moriya Jihei (publisher)
Fuji (carver)
(collector)
1848-1903
1786-1864
Moriya Jihei (publisher)
Fuji (carver)
(collector)
1848-1903
Title
Avant et après - An Unidentified Courtesan, from the series 'A Comparison of Flowers at Night in the Cherry Blossom District' ('Hana kurabe kuruwa yo sakura')
Date of Production
1858
Medium
polychrome woodblock print laid down on manuscript flyleaf and partially overlapping front pastedown
Dimensions
Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
MS.2020.XX.1.front flyleaf
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
Related Works
Provenance
See MS.2020.XX.1
Inscriptions
Inscription: printed upper left, black ink in multicoloured cartouche: 'A Comparison of Flowers at Night in the Cherry Blossom District' ('Hana kurabe kuruwa yo sakura')
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