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Title: Courtesan and her retinue on an outing (part of triptych)
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
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.
Artist Life Dates: 1769 - 1825
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: late 1780
Accession Number: 1948/1.173
Medium and Support: large full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, large-format (ôban), part of triptych

Title: Sode ga ura, the Bay of Sleeves
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist Life Dates: 1769 - 1825
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1790 - circa 1806
Accession Number: 1948/1.180
Medium and Support: large full-color woodblock print (nishiki e) on paper, large-format (ôban), triptych

Title: Sode ga ura, the Bay of Sleeves, part of triptych
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist Life Dates: 1769 - 1825
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: early 1790s - mid 1790s
Accession Number: 1948/1.181
Medium and Support: Large full-color woodblock print (ôban nishiki e), triptych

Title: Sode ga ura, the Bay of Sleeves, part of triptych
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Artist Life Dates: 1769 - 1825
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: early 1790s - mid 1790s
Accession Number: 1948/1.182
Medium and Support: Large full-color woodblock print (ôban nishiki e), triptych

Title: Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description: This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.; The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
Artist Life Dates: 1754-1806
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1798
Accession Number: 1948/1.185
Medium and Support: oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych

Title: Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description: This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.; The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
Artist Life Dates: 1754-1806
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1798
Accession Number: 1948/1.186
Medium and Support: oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych

Title: Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya (Seirô kabuki yatsushiga tsukushi: Matsubaya no uchi)
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Physical Description: This triptych shows courtesans in a garden of Yoshiwara under flowering trees. The inscribed names allow us to identify the women as courtesans of the Matsubaya House, centered on the grand courtesan Yoso’oi (in the central triptych, with the dragon-design obi). Flanking her on either side are two shinzô apprentices, and at the right, two kamuro or child attendants.; The courtesans at left interact with a puppet of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VI in his role as Sukeroku. The bearded older man in the center is the villain Hige no Ikyû, Sukeroku’s rival for the affections of the courtesan Agemaki.
Artist Life Dates: 1754-1806
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1798
Accession Number: 1948/1.187
Medium and Support: oban (large size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper, triptych

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