ID: Pale_Moon_Cats_Fan
Class: costume accessories • woodblock print • Ukiyo-e • Edo (Japanese Period)
Work Type: uchiwas
Title: Pale Moon, Cats in Season
Title: Oborozuki neko no sakari
Title: おぼろ月猫の盛
Creator Display: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861) [ULAN ID: 500063102];
Role: Artist
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa
Creation Date: 1846
Earliest: 1846 Latest: 1846
Subject: anthropomorphic • calico cats • courtesans • brothels • drags, litters and pedestrian land vehicles • lantern (lighting device) • kimono • yukata • folding fans • samurai • katana • crests • Yoshiwara (district in Japan) • Edo • Tokyo • Japan • Asia • Edo (Japanese period) • 1846 CE
Current Location: unknown
Creation Location: Tōkyō (inhabited place) [TGN ID: 7004472]
Measurements:
Height: 22.7 centimetres
Width: 29.5 centimetres
Materials and Techniques: woodblock print using colored ink on paper
Material: paper • ink
Technique: woodblock print
Marks: Publishers seal Iba-ya Sensaburô
Style: ukiyo-e
Image retrieved from Kuniyoshi Project
Description: Pale Moon, Cats in Season is a woodblock print intended to be made into an uchiwa-e, a Japanese fan that does not fold. This Ukiyo-e style print was created by the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi a master of the Utagawa school. The print was created in 1846, during a period of censorship caused by the Tenpō Reforms. One aspect of the Tenpō Reforms targeted the lifestyle of the wealthy merchant class censoring the extravagance of the prostitution and entertainment industries like kabuki. To avoid this censorship Utagawa Kuniyoshi placed cats in the role of people. This scene depicts the Yoshiwara district of Edo, the capital of Japan, where courtesans, prostitutes and entertainers lived and worked, and townsfolk and samurai passing by on the street.
Authority Records
ID: YOSHIWARA_district_Tokyo
Yoshiwara (district)
Names:
Yoshiwara
Broader Context display:
Hierarchical position:
World (Facet)
• Asia (continent)
• • Japan (nation)
• • • Tōkyō (prefecture)
• • • • Yoshiwara (district)
Place Type:
inhabited place (preferred) • founded 1456
commercial center
industrial center • since late 19th cen.
educational center
tourist center
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 45 0 N degrees minutes
Long: 139 30 00 E degrees minutes
(Lat: 35.750 decimal degrees)
(Long: 139.5000 decimal degrees)
Note: Castle given to Tokugawa clan 1590; capital of Tokugawa Shogunate 1603; one of largest cities in world 18th cen.; destroyed by earthquake and fire 1923; rebuilt 1930; largely destroyed during World War II; reconstructed & modernized since 1945.
Sources:
Getty Vocabulary Program. Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 1988-. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/
TGN ID: 7004472
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004472
Tokyo (inhabited place)
Names:
Tōkyō (preferred) • after replacing Kyoto as Imperial capital, 1898
Tokyo
Tokio • obsolete spelling
Edo • during Tokugawa Shogunate beginning 1603
Yeddo
Yedo
Broader Context display:
Capital of • Japan • (nation)
• (World, Asia) [TGN ID: 1000120]
Hierarchical position:
World (Facet)
• Asia (continent)
• • Japan (nation)
• • • Tōkyō (prefecture)
• • • • Tokyo (inhabited place)
Place Type:
inhabited place (preferred) • founded 1456
city
national capital
regional capital
administrative center
financial center
commercial center
industrial center • since late 19th cen.
educational center
tourist center
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 45 0 N degrees minutes
Long: 139 30 00 E degrees minutes
(Lat: 35.750 decimal degrees)
(Long: 139.5000 decimal degrees)
Note: Castle given to Tokugawa clan 1590; capital of Tokugawa Shogunate 1603; one of largest cities in world 18th cen.; destroyed by earthquake and fire 1923; rebuilt 1930; largely destroyed during World War II; reconstructed & modernized since 1945.
Sources:
Getty Vocabulary Program. Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 1988-. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/
ULAN ID: 50063102
Birth Date: 1798 CE
Death Date: 1861 CE
Nationality: Japanese (preferred)
Life Roles:
artist (preferred)
printmaker
painter
illustrator
Gender: male
Date of Earliest Activity:
Date of Latest Activity:
Place/Location: Tokyo, Japan
Related People and Corporate Bodies:
Relationship Type: Member was
Utagawa school (Japanese printmaking school, 19th century) [ULAN ID: 50404196]
Sources:
Getty Vocabulary Program. Union List of Artist Names (ULAN). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 1988-. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/ulan/index.html
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500063102
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (Japanese painter, printmaker, and illustrator, 1798 - 1861)
Names:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (preferred)
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi
Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Kuniyoshi
Ichiyūsai
Chō-ō-rō
Chōōrō
Igusa Yoshisaburō
Magosaburō
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa
歌川国芳
歌川國芳
קוניושי, אוטגווה
Note:
Displayed Biography:
(Japanese painter, printmaker, and illustrator, 1798-1861) (preferred)
(artist, 1798-1861)
(Japanese printmaker, 1797-1861)
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