Utagawa Kunisada. Untitled (2), from the Series "Morning Glory and Wonderful Women" (Adesugata bijin asagao) / Fan print, c. 1840.
無題 / 艷姿美人朝顏
Color woodblock print for a rigid fan (uchiwa-e), 210 × 276 mm.
Dense all-over morning glory — asagao (朝顔; Ipomoea nil) — vine pattern on pale tan background, with red and dark blue-purple trumpet flowers, blue-green cordate leaves, and twining tendrils
Woman shown in three-quarter view, head bowed and turned left, with downward gaze. Hair dressed in shimada-mage (島田髷), of the refined bushi-fujin type (粋な武家婦人の島田), with smooth sides and ears exposed, bound with red cloth at the back; lacquer comb (kushi, 櫛) at the front decorated with a design of heron and crescent moon. Silver kanzashi (簪) with gilt morning glory butterfly finial, another hairpin in gold with a trifoil decoration. She holds a single morning glory (asagao, 朝顔; Ipomoea nil) leaf in her left hand. Dressed in a dark indigo kimono patterned overall with a fine pale dot design and roundels; inner collar of red ground with small white dots. Black obi.
Inscriptions: rectangular cartouche with ornamented finial bearing the series title Adesugata bijin asagao (艷姿美人朝顏, "Morning Glory and Wonderful Women"), upper left; artist's signature Kōchōrō Kunisada ga (香朝樓國貞画) in a red double-gourd cartouche, lower right. No censor seal visible. Publisher's mark presumed 十 (jū) for Kojimaya Jūbei (小島屋重兵衛), though the seal is faint/damaged and cannot be confirmed with certainty. No date seal. Binding holes along the right margin.
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SVJP-0566.2026: Adesugata bijin asagao (1) |
SVJP-0567.2026: Adesugata bijin asagao (2) |
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Note: cf. SVJP-0568.2026 for a print using the same figure with a different background.
SVJP-0567.2026 | |
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Additional Information
| Collection | Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Japanese prints and drawings |
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| Type / Purpose | Fan , Woodblock print |
| Period | 19 AD , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) , Mid-19th century , Tenpō era [天保] (1830–1844) |
| Country | Japan |
| Material | Washi |
| Media/Technique | Woodblock print (nishiki-e) |
| Size | Fan print. Uchiwa-e |
| Genre | Beauty Prints (Bijin-ga, 美人画) |
| Subject | Actor print , Beautiful woman (bijin-ga) , Edo period (江戸時代, 1603–1868) , Fan print , Japan , Japanese woodblock prints , Kanzashi (簪, hairpin) , Morning glory — asagao (朝顔; Ipomoea nil) , Uchiwa-e , Ukiyo-e , Women , Women in art , Young woman |
| Series | Adesugata bijin asagao (艷姿美人朝顏, "Morning Glory and Wonderful Women") |
| School | Utagawa (歌川) |
| Signature | Kōchōrō Kunisada ga (香朝樓國貞画) |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1840 , Tenpō 11 (天保11年) |
| Acquisition year | 2026 |
