////Utagawa Fusatane. Courtesans playing go game inside Kinpeiro brothel / Fan print, 1877.

Utagawa Fusatane. Courtesans playing go game inside Kinpeiro brothel / Fan print, 1877.

Artist: Utagawa Fusatane [歌川 房種] (Japanese, fl. 1854 – 1889), other names: Ippyosai; Isshosai; Murai Seima; Utagawa Seimas; Osai;

Signed: Ōsai Fusatane Hitsu [桜斎房種筆] in a cartouche, with a round stamp.

Block carver: Watanabe Yatarō (Japanese, 1850 – 1913); seal [彫弥太] – Hori Yata (Friese 2009b: 117).

Publisher [板元] (Hammoto): Satō Ise [佐藤いせ], address: Horiechō, Nichōme, ichi-banchi [堀江町二丁目一番地]

Publication date [御届] (otodoke): Meiji 10th year, 3rd month, 22nd day (1877).

Artist [画工] (Gakō): Murai Seima [村井 静馬], address: Honjo-Sotodechō, 18 [本所外手丁十八番地].

Uncut fan print (uchiwa-e), 236 x 297 mm, depicting two harlots or courtesans playing [娼妓あそび] (shōgi asobi) go game in the famous Kinpeiro [金瓶楼内] brothel in New Yoshiwara in Tokyo. In the courtesan’s name, the second character seems to be 紫 (Murasaki); the first character is unclear, so we do not know her name yet.

SKU: SVJP-0373.2022 Categories: ,

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