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Title: Beauty
Alternative Title: 美人図
Creator: Hosoda, Eishi, 1756-1829
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
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, "Chōbunsai Eishi hitsu" at lower right corner followed by one seal. 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.
Acquisition: Lee Institute Permanent Collection
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, 81 x 16 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Late Edo
Ukiyo-e
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb9199p5m0
ucm_li_1998_004
Subject: Women
Umbrellas
Courtesans

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