Beauty Looking at Her Image in a Mirror
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
8 1/16 x 7 1/8 in. (20.5 x 18.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
JP1432
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Utagawa Sadakage · 1818–1844
**Utagawa Sadakage (歌川貞景, also written 貞影)** was a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print designer and book illustrator active during the late Edo period. Born in 1818 and passing in 1844, he worked primarily in Edo and Osaka, producing a range of prints that reflected the vibrant popular culture of his time. Sadakage trained as an important pupil of the prolific master Utagawa Kunisada (also known as ...