Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)
Courtesan with umbrella in snow - middle panel of a mitate triptych - title: Gentoku fūsetsu ni Kōmei o tazureru - 玄徳風雪訪孔明 - a parody of Gentoku visiting Kōmei in the snow
1820
10.25 in x 15.125 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei
(Marks 058 - seal 21-091)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha, Krakow - the whole triptych
Art Institute of Chicago - the whole triptych
Nelson Art Gallery - Yoshitoshi's triptych of Gentoku visiting Komei in the snow
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art - a different edition with an extra seal near the woman's back
Museum of Oriental Art, Venice (via Ritsumeikan University)
Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (via Ritsumeikan University) - the whole triptych
National Museums of Scotland
Ota Memorial Museum of Art
Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden) via Ritsumeikan University
Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire) - the whole triptych One of her jumble of robes displays an elegant design of a summer thistle printed in black and white and gray.
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The full triptych is a mitate substitution of beautiful women for early Chinese warriors, Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) and Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) meeting in the snow.
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There is another copy of the center panel in the Hachinohe Clinic Machikado Museum.
Ezakiya Kichibei (江崎屋吉兵衛) (publisher)
beautiful woman picture (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)
mitate-e (見立て絵) (author)