Looking Cool: a geisha in the fifth or sixth year of Meiji, by Yoshitoshi

An image of Suzushisô Meiji goroku nen irai geigi no fûzoku (Looking Cool: a Geisha in the fifth or sixth year of Meiji). From the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' (Fûzoku sanjûnisô). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892). Colour print from woodblocks with gloss black (tsuyazumi) and imitation woodgrain (itame mokuhan). Engraver: Wada hori Yû. Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi. Printed 1888.

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Suzushisô Meiji goroku nen irai geigi no fûzoku (Looking Cool: a Geisha in the fifth or sixth year of Meiji). From the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' (Fûzoku sanjûnisô). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892). Colour print from woodblocks with gloss black (tsuyazumi) and imitation woodgrain (itame mokuhan). Engraver: Wada hori Yû. Publisher: Tsunashima Kamekichi. Printed 1888.

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Accession Number: P.3-2004
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 695 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 283.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:08:16 11:39:50

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19th Century 458392 Date Department Fitz_PDP Japanese Medium Meiji Period Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Workflow Yoshitoshi _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd amusements beauty clothes clothing costume courtesan entertainers fashion fashionable female geigi geiko geisha hair hairstyle kanzashi hairpin kimono lady lantern maiko paper lantern posed posing print provocative robes tsuyazumi ukiyo-e woman woodblock woodcut Artist/Maker

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