Tosei bijin soroi no uchi (Set of Modern Beauties)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Tosei bijin soroi no uchi (Set of Modern Beauties), depicting a woman reading from a scroll by the light from an overhead lantern, with a child behind with tongue stuck out: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada II, 1855

Museum reference

A.1887.745.51.57

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1823 - 1880, Artist
Japan, East Asia

Ebisuya Shoshichi, 1846 - 1883 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1855

Materials

Paper