Art Post 3

 I think.

Completely was overwhelmed this week and forgot to schedule time for making the blog. In lieu, art blog saves the day once more!

Courtesan Kakemono (c1695, PD) Hishikawa School 

Portrait of a man in a silk Kimono (1696, PD) Michiel van Musscher

Reclining Courtesan and attendant (c1704, PD) Hasegawa Eishun

Courtesan with looped hair (c1716) Kaigetsudo Doshin

Walking Courtesan Kakemono (c1748, PD) Nishikawa Sukenobu, British Museum

Woman in Florals (c1765, PD) Suzuki Harunobu

Hashira-E (c1772, PD) Toensai Kanshi, British Museum

Courtesans of the Tamaya house panel section (c1785, PD) Utagawa Toyoharu, British Museum

Fresh Model Designs (c1789, PD) Takikawa School, British Museum

Young woman in Boat (1802, PD) Utagawa Toyokuni I

Starfrost Contemporary Manners (1820, PD) Utagawa Kunisada

Wakare ga Iyaso (1859, PD) Utagawa Kunisada

Traditional Padded Oshi-E (c1868-1912) Sekka, Khalili Collection

Hitoe (1876, PD) Jevella, Met

Osono attacks Rokusuke (1881, PD)  Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 

The Green Kimono (c1882, PD) Frans Verhas

Susanoo rescues Kushinada Hime from the dragon (1886) Toyohara Chikanobu

Beautiful Women of the Present Day (1890, PD) Yoshu Chikanobu

Contes Japonaises (1893, PD) Félix Oudart

Tricora Corset Advert (1899, PD) Boston Public Library

Darling of the Gods Theatre Programme (1903, PD) Yoshio Ma[r]kino

Anglo-Japanese Alliance Postcard (1905, CC4.0/PD) 三越百貨店

Ota Hisa or Hanako (1908, PD) Sport & Salon

Spanish Woman in Kimono (c190[8], PD) Gustave Gillman

Woman in a Kimono (1910, PD) Walter Crane

Woman in kimono (1910, PD) Julian Fałat

 Geesje Kwak in Japanse kimono voor kamerscherm (c1913) Leiden Universitat

Princess Yasuko of Fushimi (1917, PD) Wikimedia

Takahashi Korekiyo with his Family in the Garden (1920, PD) 婦人画報

Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa and his Family (1921, PD)

Portrét dámy v dračím kimonu (1922, PD) Egon Josef Kossuth

Kane Tanaka (c1923, CC1.0) Molly887956321

Princess Kuniko of Kuni (c1936, PD) 

What did the lady forget? (1937, PD) Shochiku, Sumiko Kurishima, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Chōko Iida

Schoolmarm at graduation ceremony (1953, PD) Meomeo15

Women in Kimono (1956, PD?) 投稿者によるスキャン

Kimono in 1957 (1957, PD?) 投稿者によるスキャン

Kappou-Gi (1969, CC4.0) Meomeo15

Tokyo Japan (2006, CC2.0) Dennis Keller

Kimono Girls in Kyoto (2008, CC2.0) Rumpleteaser on Flickr

成人式の前撮り@京都 (2020, CC2.0) Norisa1

A varied study of some Kimono, and a reminder of how KTC can be transnational. Musscher's portraits are a friendly reminder of where and when Kimono were worn, Kimono were first worn by foreigners as early Kosode by Korean immigrants in 814 CE to my knowledge, then by Africans by perhaps circa 1570-1582, then by Europeans somewhere between 1570-1620, the English by 1605, and the Dutch by 1609.[1][2][3] The Kimono was first transported to Europe in large quantities by the Dutch in the 17th century after 1641. So much for being a 'Japanese' garment.

Bibliography

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan#Heian_period_(794_to_1185)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke or see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanban_trade

[3] The Letters of William Adams 1611-1617 from Memorials of the Empire of Japon in the XVI & XVII Centuries, and The L T. Rundell, 1850, pp.17-88, @ http://anthony.sogang.ac.kr/LettersWilliamAdams.html and the Diaries of Richard Cocks from Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622, Richard Cocks, 1882[2014], pp.Preface-349 at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46803/46803-h/46803-h.htm

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