• A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions (Gokusaishiki jisei shitate - 極彩色時世仕立)

Print


ca 1819
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Marks 152 - seal 01-122)
Censor: kiwame
Kunisada.de - 8 prints from this series
Lyon Collection - another print from this series One of the great design elements of this print is the 'human touch.' Not only is it expressed through the breast feeding but also by the charming figure of the other woman bent over distracting the child with what may be a wafer. Also, notice that the child is tweaking the other bare breast of the woman feeding him.

The title of the series appears as a label on the outside of a scroll in the upper left. A careful examination of the fabric covering the outside of the scroll shows the toshidama, Kunisada's seal.

One of the more beautiful elements of this beautiful print is the green cord loosely unwound around the title scroll. At the end of the cord is the carved ivory piece used to secure the scroll when tightly closed. A wonderful touch.
Iseya Rihei (伊勢屋利兵衛) (publisher)
boshi-e (母子絵) (genre)
beautiful women (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)