Title
Tôkaidô between Yoshiwara and Kambara: Iwabuchi: Woman Daruma
1852
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Yoshiwara and Kambara: a female Daruma
- Alternative title
- Tôkaidô Yoshiwara Kambara kan Iwabuchi onna Daruma
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 1852
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.4 x 24.6 cm
- Signature & date
Signed l.c., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni-ga [picture by Toyokuni]".
Not dated.- Credit
- Purchased 1995
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 211.1995
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Utagawa Kunisada/Toyokuni III
Works in the collection
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About
Kunisada (Toyokuni III) was a prolific artist of the late 'ukiyo-e' school. Bodhidharma, or Daruma in Japanese, was the legendary founder of Zen Buddhism, easily recognised by the characteristic red robe that covered his body and head. In the deliciously irreverent and witty style of 'ukiyo' culture, images of courtesans dressed as Daruma appeared, drawing parallels between the austerities Bodhidharma endured during the nine years he meditated in front of a wall to obtain Enlightenment, and the trials of a courtesan who was contracted to a brothel for ten years.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.254.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
The Floating World: Japan's World of transient pleasures, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 May 1994–17 Jul 1994
Beauty and Desire in Edo period Japan, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 06 Jun 1998–09 Aug 1998
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Gary Hickey, Beauty & desire in Edo period Japan, Parkes, 1998, 66 (colour illus.), 71. plate no. 19
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Floating World', Sydney, 2003, 254 (colour illus.).
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