Maid from okita of Naniwaya

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 56.220.1
Type: print; woodblock print
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
ca. 1794−1795
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Signed: Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Materials/Techniques: colour woodblock print
Dimensions: height: 38 cm
width: 26 cm
Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita (Saishutsu Naniwaya Okita), from the series Renowned Beauties Compared to the Six Poetic Immortals (Kômei bijin rokkasen)
. Inscription: 「高名美人六家選 再出」. Source: Fajcsák Györgyi (ed.): Japán vörös és fekete. Hagyományos japán viselet és kortárs magyar ékszerek / Japanese 'Rouge et Noir'. Traditional Japanese Wear and Traditional Hungarian Jewellery. Budapest, Iparművészeti Múzeum, 2013.