Beauty and Dog – 5 Elements Parodied -

Title : Beauty and Dog - 5 Elements Parodied

Date : 1855.

Details : Utagawa Kunisada: Beauty and Dog - 5 Elements Parodied - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : From the rare series "Mitate Go-Sho" (Five Elements Parodied). "Matsui-cho Yukei" (Evening Scene of Matsui-cho". A beauty is taking a walk with her dog. The word, "Mitate" (parodied or alluded) was punned for the kan-ji letters, "beauty". The large black doors would be shut in the evening for safety.

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