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 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.
Ezakiya Kichibei (江崎屋吉兵衛) (publisher)
beautiful women (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)
mitate-e (見立て絵) (author)