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Peddler of Cosmetics and Accessories (Komamono)

Peddler of Cosmetics and Accessories (Komamono)

(Japanese, active about 1765)
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 27.5 x 18.6 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.4959
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceFormerly in E. F. Fenollosa collection (#224); August 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Group shot: 11.14959-60
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Komurasaki of the Tamaya and Sanshû of the Tsutaya (Tamaya uchi Komurasaki, Tsutaya uchi Sanshû)
Gokyô
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Hanabito of the Ôgiya
Hanabito of the Ôgiya
Gokyô
about 1790–92 (Kansei 2–4)
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Sanshû of the Tsutaya
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Sanshû of the Tsutaya
Gokyô
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Group shot: 50.21, 11.21692
Apprentice Courtesan (Shinzô) (right), Female Peddler (Onna akindo) (left), from the book Comparisons of the Customs of Women (Onna fûzoku shinasadame)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Foreigners Employing a Camera (Gaikoku shashin kagami no zu), from an untitled series of activities of foreigners
Foreigners Employing a Camera (Gaikoku shashin kagami no zu), from an untitled series of activities of foreigners
Utagawa Yoshikazu
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 11th month
Shelter from the Rain at Tenpôzan by the Aji River in Osaka (Ôsaka Ajikawa Tenpôzan amayadori), from the series Fine Views of Tenpôzan, a Famous Place in Nainwa (Naniwa meisho Tenpôzan shôkei ichiran)
Shelter from the Rain at Tenpôzan by the Aji River in Osaka (Ôsaka Ajikawa Tenpôzan amayadori), from the series Fine Views of Tenpôzan, a Famous Place in Nainwa (Naniwa meisho Tenpôzan shôkei ichiran)
Yashima Gakutei
1834 (Tenpô 5)
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month
Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)
Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)
Chôbunsai Eishi
about 1791 (Kansei 3)
Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare no asa), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare no asa), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)
Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Shaving the Head of Fukurokuju
Shaving the Head of Fukurokuju
Kitagawa Utamaro II