Description
The courtesan identified as Azumaya no Hana appears in a close portrait with large hair ornaments and a fan near the neck and shoulder. Her pale face contrasts with red and pale patterned clothing. Kitagawa Utamaro makes the elaborate presentation particular through the named figure, allowing coiffure, fabric and carried object to participate in a concentrated human encounter.
Dating to around 1790, the woodblock print uses ink and color on paper. It belongs to Utamaro’s Edo-period work and preserves its subject in a form open to repeated looking. The image invites attention to what is represented, allowing an individual encounter to remain engaging without requiring a detailed story or a speculative identification beyond the name supplied by the record.
Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Kitagawa Utamaro collection.
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