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Title
Bijin (with carp kimono)
Alternative Title
太夫美人図
Creator
Mihata, Jōryū, fl. 1830-1843
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1830 and 1844]
Publication Information
Japan
Contributing Institution
UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Annotations/Markings: Signed "上龍" (Jōryū or Jōryō) followed by two seals "襄"(jō), "淩" (ryō) at lower left corner. No inscriptions.
Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Patterned Meanings: Iconography and Symbolism in Japanese Dress" curated by Elizabeth Beller, The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, Hanford CA., January 7, 2003-March 29, 2003.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 三畠乗竜 also 上龍. Also, Mihata Jōryō
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type
image
Format
1 hanging scroll, 114 x 51 cm.
Form/Genre
Ukiyo-e
Late Edo
hanging scrolls
Identifier
ark:/13030/hb638nb79b
ucm_li_1997_036
Subject
Women
costume

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