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In this print we see an old painting of the courtesan Yūgiri Tayū (夕霧太夫) in the Tajirō Collection, as copied by Matora. It appears that the original 1827 design was produced for the 150th anniversary of the death of Yūgiri. The print includes a kyōka poem by Katsumi and a haiku by Fuboku or Fusō.
Yūgiri sits in an elaborate kimono decorated with cobwebs, plants, and a few cryptic kanji characters, re-arranging her hair, a book open on her lap. There is some beautiful karazuri blind-embossing to parts of her kimono and nunomezuri, a technique in which a piece of actual cloth is "printed" using a woodblock in order to give texture to a print, has been used lightly in the background.
Other prints in this set
- Akashi-ban Surimono
- Crow on Shrine Gate
- Insect with Loquat
- Pair of Pheasants
- Pair of Fugu
- Ebisu and Daikoku
- Satsuma no Fukuyorime
- Tea Grinding
- Tea Utensils
- River of Clouds
- Stealing the Peaches of Immortality
- Urashima Taro
- Saddlery
- Roof Tile with Sparrows
- Dancers
- Calendar print
- Pair of Fans
- Peonies
- Tale of the Tongue-cut Sparrow
- Nine-tailed Fox
- Still Life with Fishes
- Painting of a Peacock
- Ebisu
- Painting of the Courtesan Yugiri
- Lady Wei
- Dancer
- Hair Ornaments
- Peach Blossoms and Seal
- Birds over Waves
- Fruit Still Life
- Sennin with Crane
- Ono no Komachi