Title
Presentation (mitate) of the story of the courtesan Takao
late 1790s
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Fishing
Untitled - Alternative title
- Mitate Takao-dayû
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- late 1790s
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 38.5 cm image; 25.5 x 39.0 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Chôtensai Eiju ga [picture by Chôtensai Eiju] " .
Not dated.- Credit
- Purchased 1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- DO3.1961
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Chōtensai Eiju
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
The Floating World: Japan's World of transient pleasures, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 May 1994–17 Jul 1994
Beauty and Desire in Edo period Japan, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 06 Jun 1998–09 Aug 1998
In one drop of water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jun 2019–21 Feb 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies, The Floating World: Japan's world of transient pleasures, Sydney, 1994, not paginated. cat. no. C3
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Provenance
R.G. McNair Scott, pre Apr 1960, Australia, purchased by Mr C. Norris for the Art Gallery of New South Wales from the auction sale of R.G.McNair Scotts Japanese Prints and Sword Furniture, at Glendining & Co. Ltd., on 11 April 1960, lot 45.