Courtesan and her retinue on an outing (part of triptych) / Utagawa Toyokuni I
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- Accession Number
- 1948/1.173
- Title
- Courtesan and her retinue on an outing (part of triptych)
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Medium and Support
- large full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, large-format (ôban), part of triptych
- Object Creation Date
- late 1780
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo e
- Inscription
- Signed: Toyokuni ga; Publisher's Seal: Senichi
- Dimensions
- 37.78 cm x 25.72 cm (14 7/8 in. x 10 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- An image of three older women and two young girls standing together outside of a building. The woman to the left wears a plain kimono of black stripes and a green obi. The two women in the center wear layered kimono of orange shades, with the woman on the right wearing star burst designs and the woman on the left wearing a fan and flower design. The two young girls also wear kimono of orange and a different style of star burst pattern. In the background is a scene of trees and a pond.
- Subject Matter
- This image reveals a group of Yoshiwara courtesans. The woman with the fan pattern is the highest ranking courtesan. The woman to her left is her junior, wearing a kimono decorated with stylized stars. This pattern is slightly altered and repeated on the kimono of the two child attendants. The woman in the black-and-white striped kimono is a maid.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 993 x 1437
- File Size
- 152 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.173
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"Courtesan and her retinue on an outing (part of triptych); Utagawa Toyokuni I." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.173/1948_1.173.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
