Artist: Shima Seien
Title: Heroine Yugiri - Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu
Date: 1923.
Details & Prices: Shima Seien: Heroine Yugiri - Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu - Artelino
Source:
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Description:
From the supplement of "Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu" ("The complete Works of Chikamatsu Manzaemon"). The heroine Yugiri in the play "Yugiri Awa no Naruto". This print is also known with the title "The Departed Spirit of a Courtesan". Shima Seien was one of the very few woman artists in pre-war Japan.
![Shima Seien: The Heroine Yûgiri, from the Chikamatsu play Yûgiri Awa no Naruto (published in The Complete Works of Chikamatsu [Dai Chikamatsu zenshû]), Taishô period, published 1923 - Harvard Art Museum](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/harvard/thumbs/HUAM-CARP07179.jpg "Shima Seien: The Heroine Yûgiri, from the Chikamatsu play Yûgiri Awa no Naruto (published in The Complete Works of Chikamatsu [Dai Chikamatsu zenshû]), Taishô period, published 1923 - Harvard Art Museum")
