Lady Matsushima

Mirror of Women of Wisdom and Courage

Information

Title	Lady Matsushima Matsushima no tsubone 松島の局
Series title	Mirror of Women of Wisdom and Courage 賢勇婦女鏡
Artist	Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797–1861)
Date	c. 1844
Publisher	Takahashiya Takakichi (Bun’eidō) 高橋屋高吉 (文栄堂)
City	Edo

Signature	Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga 朝櫻楼國芳画
Artist seal	paulownia
Censorship seal(s)	Tanaka 田中
Publisher’s seal(s)	Ei 榮
Inscription	Text by Ryūkatei Tanekazu 柳下亭種員

Technique & material	Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format	ōban

Object number	SH2018-DM-222
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma