A Collection of Surimono
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) | Left Team: The Cypress Fan; Right Team: The Flower Fan (Hidari hiogi, migi hanaogi) | Edo period, 19th century
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A Collection of Surimono
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Left Team: The Cypress Fan; Right Team: The Flower Fan (Hidari hiogi, migi hanaogi)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and embossing, from the series Three Comparisons of Fans (Ogi awase sanban no uchi) signed Oju Kunisada ga [By special request pictured by Kunisada], privately issued circa mid-1820s, poems by Shosuiko and Shakuyakutei
Surimono, shikishiban: 20.5 x 18.7 cm., 8⅛ x 7⅜ in.
For a further example of the same print in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, object number 1933.4.1478, go to: