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Shinchi in Winter: Before the Mirror, no. 4 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters
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A woodblock print depicting a Japanese woman entertainer from the Osaka entertainment district of Shinchi. The female figure is depicted adjusting her hair in front of a mirror. The back of the grey mirror takes up the bottom right quadrant of the print. The female figure’s face is partially obscured by the mirror. She stares frontally. She wears a red kimono with a pattern of red flowers with black leaves and stems. Her arms and hands are raised above her head as she adjusts the comb in her hair. The background is made up of silver mica powder.
Department of Asian Art
[Andre Bardega London & Brighton UK (by c. early 1980s)] sold; to [The Japanese Print Shop York UK (c. early 1980s)] sold; to Trevor Ward York UK (c. 1980s -2021) sold; to [The Japanese Print Shop York UK (2021-2022)] sold; to [Scholten Japanese Art New York (2022-2025)] sold; to Harvard Art Museums 2025.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Shinchi in Winter: Before the Mirror, no. 4 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters
Description:
A woodblock print depicting a Japanese woman entertainer from the Osaka entertainment district of Shinchi.
The female figure is depicted adjusting her hair in front of a mirror.
The back of the grey mirror takes up the bottom right quadrant of the print.
The female figure’s face is partially obscured by the mirror.
She stares frontally.
She wears a red kimono with a pattern of red flowers with black leaves and stems.
Her arms and hands are raised above her head as she adjusts the comb in her hair.
The background is made up of silver mica powder.
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