File:Utamakura 歌まくら (Poem of the Pillow).jpg

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Description

Deutsch: Schauspieler und Prostituierter schmeichelt seinem Klienten mit gefälliger Konversation

English: For Homosexuality & Civiliation, a Kabuki actor and escort charms a client with agreeable conversation. According to the British Museum^[1], a woman discovers a letter hidden in robe of her young lover.

Français : Pour Homosexuality & Civilisation, un acteur de Kabuki et prostitué séduit un client grâce à sa conversation. Pour Le British Museum^[1], une femme découvre une lettre cachée dans les robes de son jeune amant.

↑ ^a ^b http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=781740&partId=1&searchText=%25u6b4c%25u307e%25u304f%25u3089&page=1

Date

1788

Source

Print from Kitagawa Utamaro, The Pillow Book (Uta Makura), 1788. Victoria & Albert Museum/Art Resource, NY. Source: Louis Crompton, Homosexuality & Civilization. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England 2003, p. 437.

Author



Alternative names	Japanese: 喜多川歌麿
Description	Japanese painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death	circa 1753 date QS:P,+1753-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	31 October 1806
Location of birth/death	Edo	Edo
Work period	1770 –
Work location	Edo
Authority file	: Q272045 VIAF: 95261927 ISNI: 0000000082833954 ULAN: 500054492 LCCN: n50049864 NLA: 35274083 WorldCat

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