「岡田屋内」 「おそめ」
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image courtesy of
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description
Okadaya-uchi Osome is a bijin-ga depicting a courtesan named Osome belonging to the Okadaya establishment, one of the licensed quarter's (kuruwa) houses. The inscription 'Okadaya-uchi' (within the Okadaya) follows the standard format of Edo-period courtesan prints, identifying the house before the individual. Kyosai's bijin-ga work is less voluminous than his paintings and caricatures, but he brought to it the same understanding of line and volume developed through figure painting. Osome would be rendered in formal kōsode or furisode with careful attention to textile pattern, hair ornaments (kanzashi), and the characteristic composed deportment expected of a high-ranking courtesan portrait.
More Prints by Kawanabe Kyosai
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1863
Woodblock print
Kyosai, Royal Academy, London, FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING
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Original Museum Lithographic Exhibition Poster
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
Gontazaka, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
Frequently Asked Questions
「岡田屋内」 「おそめ」 was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).