Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration
| Title | Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration |
|---|---|
| Artist | Nishimura Shigenobu Japanese, active c. 1723-47 |
| Date | c. 1735 18th century |
| Medium | Hand-colored woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban diptych, urushi-e |
| Classification | woodblock print |
| Origin | Japan Japan |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration” is a work by Nishimura Shigenobu Japanese, active c. 1723-47, dated c. 1735. It is executed in hand-colored woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban diptych, urushi-e and classified as woodblock print. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Catalogued as woodblock print. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to c. 1735. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.
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Rights: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.
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