Hi. Is this an Okiya? Geisha house? Any idea who the artist is? Thanks
The artist is Kunidsada II. The print is certainly part of a multisheet composition; very likely a triptych. It can depict the interior of a brothel, but can also be a Genji print. A publisher's logo can be seen on the left bottom right next to the signature ("Kunisada hitsu") and also a date/censorship seal. With a better photo of this part we might be able to find some more information.
Hi. Thanks for the information. I’ll take another photo the next time I see it.
Lucienne found the complete triptych on Wikimedia Commons (from the database of the NDL): https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NDL-DC_1312626-Utagawa_Kunisada_II-%E6%96%B0%E5%B3%B6%E5%8E%9F%E6%99%A9%E8%8F%AF%E6%A5%BC%E9%81%8A%E5%A5%B3%E6%8F%83-%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB2-cmb.jpg
The triptyph shows Shin-Shimabara courtesans preparing an evening at the brothel.
Publisher is Yamashiroya Jinbei and date 02/1869. Title : 新島原晩華楼遊女揃; possible reading: Shin Shimabara ban hana-rō yūjo soroi, "Preparing of the "courtesans" from the/a "Flower Tower" [maybe it's a name of a specific brothel otherwise simply meaning "brothel"] for the evening at Shin-Shimabara" (or: Gathering of the "courtesans" from the/a "Flower Tower" in the evening at Shin-Shimabara)
Some great colours in the original and an interesting subject. Friday night out in Tokyo?
The artist is Kunidsada II. The print is certainly part of a multisheet composition; very likely a triptych.
It can depict the interior of a brothel, but can also be a Genji print.
A publisher's logo can be seen on the left bottom right next to the signature ("Kunisada hitsu") and also a date/censorship seal.
With a better photo of this part we might be able to find some more information.
Hi. Thanks for the information. I’ll take another photo the next time I see it.
Lucienne found the complete triptych on Wikimedia Commons (from the database of the NDL):
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NDL-DC_1312626-Utagawa_Kunisada_II-%E6%96%B0%E5%B3%B6%E5%8E%9F%E6%99%A9%E8%8F%AF%E6%A5%BC%E9%81%8A%E5%A5%B3%E6%8F%83-%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB2-cmb.jpg
The triptyph shows Shin-Shimabara courtesans preparing an evening at the brothel.
Publisher is Yamashiroya Jinbei and date 02/1869.
Title : 新島原晩華楼遊女揃; possible reading: Shin Shimabara ban hana-rō yūjo soroi,
"Preparing of the "courtesans" from the/a "Flower Tower" [maybe it's a name of a specific brothel otherwise simply meaning "brothel"] for the evening at Shin-Shimabara"
(or: Gathering of the "courtesans" from the/a "Flower Tower" in the evening at Shin-Shimabara)
Some great colours in the original and an interesting subject. Friday night out in Tokyo?
Thanks for finding.