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TITLE:  Yūjo zu
TITLE TRANSLATION:  Courtesan.

CALL NUMBER:  FP 2 - JPD, no. 1949 (E size) [P&P]

Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-jpd-02294 (digital file from original print)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print shows a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing right.

MEDIUM:  1 print : woodcut, color ; 70.5 x 10.5 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [1775 or 1776]

CREATOR:

Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793, artist.

NOTES:

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.

Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie.

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

SUBJECTS:

Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1770-1780.
Courtesans--Japan--1770-1780.
Beauty--Japan--1770-1780.

FORMAT:

Pillar prints 1770-1780.
Ukiyo-e Japanese Color 1770-1780.
Woodcuts Japanese Color 1770-1780.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) jpd 02294 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.02294

CONTROL #:  2008660861



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