Facsimile of a Japanese print, published by the magazine Die Insel in the series Das Mappenwerk der Insel. Kunisada II, a pupil of Utagawa Kunisada, placed his signature on the lantern in the foreground. Before his marriage to Kunisada's daughter in 1846, his prints were usually signed Baidō Kunimasa; from then on he used the artist's name Kunisada II, until the death of his father-in-law in 1870, when he began to use the name Toyokuni IV. Two love poems, one by Chokujuen Junma and one by Kiō Enba, are hidden in the night sky.
| Artist |
Utagawa II Kunisada
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| Title | Main Street of the Yoshiwara on a Starlight Night |
| Date | 1900 |
| Period |
19th century
20th century |
| Location | Munich TGN TGN |
| Medium and support | facsimiles (reproductions) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | stamps (tools) on the reverse: Insel Verlag |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
facsimiles (reproductions)
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2011-CQ-23 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-CQ-23 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9157/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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cityscapes (representations)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass 23R14 night Iconclass 24D stars Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I141 street Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 61D(JAPAN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (JAPAN) Iconclass |
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