(The hour of the Goat)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Haru no asobi ju-ni-ji (Twelve hours of spring amusements), entitled The hour of the Goat, depicting a courtesan showing small portraits of actors to a child, with an inset, by Kino, depicting crowds outside a Yoshiwara house at New Year: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada and Kino, 1856

Museum reference

A.1887.745.47.46

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786 - 1864, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Utagawa Kino, Artist
Yamaguchiya Tōbei, c. 1805 - 1895, Publisher

Date

1856

Materials

Paper