Oshukubai,Shigemasa Kitao,Photo of Ukiyo-e,Japan,Nobility,Plum Tree,Beauty,c1795

Title: Oshukubai
Title Translation: Heian period tale of the nightingale in the plum tree.
Creator(s): Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist
Date Created/Published: [1795 or 1796]
Summary: Print shows a royal official wearing a long robe, with three attendants, standing before a plainly dressed woman outside a humble building through which a plum tree is growing. The official may be demanding that the plum tree, in which the nightingale sings, be moved to the emperor's garden.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
Reference to No. 598. Title of the Book: Harunoiro or Yanaginoita. See Roger Keye's work on the Chester Beatty Collection of surimono.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Nobility--Japan--1790-1800.
Servants--Japan--1790-1800.
Social classes--Japan--1790-1800.
Beauty--Japan--1790-1800.
Plum trees--Japan--1790-1800.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--1790-1800.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1790-1800.
Bookmark /2009615637/
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