[Hotoke Gozen]

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[Hotoke Gozen]

Item Info

Item No: facjp00002
Title: [Hotoke Gozen]
Media Type: Woodcuts
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

A female figure sits by a screen with waves on it. a sword and fan are found by her feet. signed

[A Comparison of the Ogura One Hundred Poets #12: Hotoke gozen, 1845-1847. Oban.]

"Hiroshige illustrates the dancer Hotoke Gozen bowing before the despotic ruler Taira Kiyomori, (not shown). Hotoke was a shirabyoshi - a type of female courtesan who danced in male clothes."

quoted from https://www.toshidama-japanese-prints.com/item_758/Hiroshige-A-Comparison-of-the-Ogura-One-Hundred-Poets-12--Hotoke-Gozen.htm


Bibliography:

https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/703108

https://www.toshidama-japanese-prints.com/item_758/Hiroshige-A-Comparison-of-the-Ogura-One-Hundred-Poets-12--Hotoke-Gozen.htm

https://education.asianart.org/resources/artist-profile-utagawa-ando-hiroshige/



Image Dimensions Width: 36 cm
Creator Name: Hiroshige, Utagawa, 1797-1858 - Artist

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