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Author: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞), here as Kiō (old with happiness) Toyokuni (喜翁豊国).
Subject: Gathering the arts: actng and reciting (eiyūgei tezoroi, 詠優芸手揃).
Number: (B).
Genre: bijin-ga (美人画), mitate-e (見立絵).
Size: large (ōban, 大判).
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (魚屋 栄吉), here as Uoei (魚栄).
Period: c. 1862~1863.
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: UTKIII03001
Condition: general condition are good. Color has not faded and is still pretty clear
and vivid. Any remarkable stain nor wrinkles. No fixing.
A geisha (芸者) stands on a patio, acting and performing
a dance for a group of customers during a banquet, as can be understood from the
dishes placed on the tray in the background and the kiseru (煙管), a Japanese smoking
pipe, on her left.
This print belong to a triptych: the customer she is entertaining are on her left,
while her movements are actually accompained by the notes and the words played and
recited by two other performers on the right. One is playing a samisen (三味線) the
other reciting a drama.