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Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars)

c. 1820

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞

(Japanese, 1786–1865)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 38.8 x 26.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.201
Public Domain
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The woman's under robe has a painted collar signed Gototei, the secondary name of Kunisada.
A vertically oriented color woodblock print depicts a light-skinned woman leaning toward a translucent, rectangular floor lamp. She wears a patterned red kimono, her black hair pulled into a bun. To our right, a green garment drapes over a tall screen. Japanese calligraphy appears within a decorative circular border at top left, with signatures near bottom left. Fine black outlines and flat colors define the figures against a neutral background.

Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern Customs: Frost Beneath the Stars)

c. 1820

Utagawa Kunisada

(Japanese, 1786–1865)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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