Handkerchief

Museum number:
9-17666
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4094
Description:
Handkerchief (novelty); Utamaro's Portrait of a Southern Beauty" printed in many colors on beige cotton ground; woman, with elaborate hairstyle, holds fan with harbor scene on it (poem about scene is on upper half of fan). Color printing on cotton. Japan attr. Souvenir. 43.3 cm by 42.3 cm.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Handkerchiefs
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Handkerchief, accession number 9-17666, described as Handkerchief (novelty); Utamaro's Portrait of a Southern Beauty" printed in many colors on beige cotton ground; woman, with elaborate hairstyle, holds fan with harbor scene on it (poem about scene is on upper half of fan). Color printing on cotton. Japan attr. Souvenir. 43.3 cm by 42.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Handkerchief, accession number 9-17666, described as Handkerchief (novelty); Utamaro's Portrait of a Southern Beauty" printed in many colors on beige cotton ground; woman, with elaborate hairstyle, holds fan with harbor scene on it (poem about scene is on upper half of fan). Color printing on cotton. Japan attr. Souvenir. 43.3 cm by 42.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Handkerchief, accession number 9-17666, described as Handkerchief (novelty); Utamaro's Portrait of a Southern Beauty" printed in many colors on beige cotton ground; woman, with elaborate hairstyle, holds fan with harbor scene on it (poem about scene is on upper half of fan). Color printing on cotton. Japan attr. Souvenir. 43.3 cm by 42.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Handkerchief, accession number 9-17666, described as Handkerchief (novelty); Utamaro's Portrait of a Southern Beauty" printed in many colors on beige cotton ground; woman, with elaborate hairstyle, holds fan with harbor scene on it (poem about scene is on upper half of fan). Color printing on cotton. Japan attr. Souvenir. 43.3 cm by 42.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handkerchief, accession number 9-17666, described as Handkerchief (novelty); Utamaro's Portrait of a Southern Beauty" printed in many colors on beige cotton ground; woman, with elaborate hairstyle, holds fan with harbor scene on it (poem about scene is on upper half of fan). Color printing on cotton. Japan attr. Souvenir. 43.3 cm by 42.3 cm.

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