Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji : kan 2 | 青楼絵本年中行事 : 巻 2

Item Overview

Title

Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji : kan 2 | 青楼絵本年中行事 : 巻 2

Alternative title

Seirō eshō nenjū gyōji | 青樓絵抄年中行事 [end title]
青樓繪本年中行事 [variant title]

Uniform title

Yoshiwara seirō nenjū gyōji | 吉原青楼年中行事

Author

Jippensha, Ikku, 1765-1831
十返舎一九, 1765-1831

Illustrator

Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
喜多川歌麿, 1753?-1806

Engraver

藤一宗
Fuji Kazumune

Printmaker

Tōemon
藤右衛門

Date Created

[1804]

Date

1804

Place of Origin

江戸 [Tokyo] : 上總屋忠助, 享和 4 | Edo [Tokyo] : Kazusaya Tadasuke, Kyōwa 4

Language

Japanese

Collection

Wahon Literacies: A Collection of Books for the Study of Japanese Book History
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Suzuki subject: 芸術－絵画－画帖・絵本
製版 [seihan] (woodblock printing).
Advertisement for this two-volume set at the end of text: "十返舎一九編輯／青樓／繪抄年中行事後編全部二冊近刻."

Colophon

Published by Kazusaya Tadasuke in Kyōwa 4 [1804]: "江戸繪師喜多川舎／紫屋歌麿筆／校合門人喜久麿秀麿竹麿 彫刻藤一宗／摺工鶴松堂藤右衛門 享和四歳甲子蒼陽発兌／書房／東武日本橋通四町目／上總屋忠助壽櫻."

Provenance

Bequeathed by Mr. Julian C. Wright, a collector and art teacher, in 1978.

Physical Description

Extent

半紙本 [hanshibon]. 1 volume : color illustrations ; 225 x 159 mm

Page layout

四周単辺 [shishū tanpen] (within single border) of 18.2 x 13.5 cm ; text in 10 vertical lines. 喉丁付 [nodo chōzuke] (paging on gutter).

Binding note

袋綴 [fukurotoji] (pouch binding). 元題簽 [motodaisen] (original title slip) ; 左肩・無辺 [saken muhen] (with no border, pasted on the left side of cover). 縹色・空押し・元表紙 [hanadairo karaoshi motobyōshi] (light indigo embossed original cover).

Condition note

美本 [bihon] (well-preserved book).

Illustrations note

彩色刷 [saishikizuri] (color printing).

Keywords

Genre

History
Pictorial works

Resource type

text

Subjects

Prostitution Japan--History--Pictorial works
Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868--Pictorial works
Prostitution Japan--History
Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868