Shirabyōshi: Woman of the Kenkyū Era

A Selection of Thirty-Six Beauties

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Title Shirabyōshi: Woman of the Kenkyū Era Shirabyōshi Kenkyū goro fujin 白拍子 建久頃婦人
Series title A Selection of Thirty-Six Beauties 三十六佳撰
Artist Mizuno Toshikata 水野年方 (1866–1908)
Date 1891
Publisher Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) 秋山武右衛門 (滑稽堂)
Woodcarver Noguchi Enkatsu 野口圓活
City Tokyo
Signature Toshikata 年方
Artist seal Toshikata 年方
Publisher’s seal(s) Kokkeidō こっけい堂
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) Enkatsu tō 圓活刀
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban
Object number SH2018-DM-186
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma