Beauty Holding a Pipe, early 1830s

Utagawa Toyokuni ll; Publisher: Maruya Seijirōexpand_more

Woodblock print (aizuri-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more

Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.expand_more  P.75.51.311

Not on Viewexpand_more

This is an example of an aizuri-e, a print with just blue as color. In this case, there is also black which was, however, not used for the outlines as usual.

Details
Title
Beauty Holding a Pipe
Artist Life
1777 - 1835
Role
Artist
Accession Number
P.75.51.311
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