Artist: Shima Seien
Title: Heroine Yujiri - Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu
Date: 1923.
Details & Prices: Shima Seien: Heroine Yujiri - Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu - Artelino
Source:
artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
From the supplement of "Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu" ("The complete Works of Chikamatsu Manzaemon"). The heroine Yujiri in the play "Yugiri Awa no Naruto". This print is also known with the title "The Departed Spirit of a Courtesan". Seien Shima 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")
