The high-ranking courtesan (oiran) called Jade from the House of the Ten Thousand Characters of Joyful Reunion

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 7448
Type: print; woodblock print
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
mid-19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Péter Vay
Materials/Techniques: paper, woodblock print
Dimensions: height 37.5 cm
width 25.2 cm
Unknown master, probably Utagawa Kunisada. Inscription: 新吉原江戸町二丁目久喜万字屋内玉唐
(Shin Yoshiwara Edo machi nichōme Kukimanjiya-uchi Tamakara.) New Yoshiwara, Edo 2nd district, Jade from the House of the Ten Thousand Characters of Joyful Reunion.