KUNISADA • Een schoonheid op een gelukkige dag • 1844 • Japanse houtsnede • Ukiyo-e – Japan – Edo Periode (1600-1868)

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)Tite: A Beauty on a Lucky Day - 花暦吉日姿Series: Hana goyomi kichihi sugata (花暦吉日姿) — "A Floral Calendar: Women on Lucky Days." Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (若狭屋与市), of JakurindōDate & Censor: c. 1844–45 Technique: Woodblock print (mokuhanga) — nishiki-e (polychrome), with a kyōka poem panelFormat: Ōban tate-e — approx. 25.5 × 36 cm (10 × 14¼ in.) Signature: Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (国貞改二代豊国画) — "drawn by Toyokuni II, newly changed from the name Kunisada"Reference: The series in R. Schaap, Kunisada: Imaging Drama and Beauty (2016); other impressions in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston----------------------------------------------------------------------Impression & ColourVery good. A clean, well-printed impression with fresh, well-balanced colour; the fine carving of the hairline and the intricate textile patterns is crisply heldPaper & ConditionThere is one thin horizontal fold across the sheet, the paper remains firm and supple. ----------------------------------------------------------------------A Floral Calendar — Beauties for the Lucky DaysEdo life ran by the almanac. Certain days were reckoned propitious for particular undertakings — taking a bride, setting off on a journey, wearing one's New Year robes for the first time — and Kunisada turned that everyday almanac culture into a series of beauties, each sheet naming a "good day" for some ordinary... lees verder bij Catawiki