Before the Mirror, No. 4 from Twelve Bouts in the Way of Love (Shikidō torikumi jūniban)
Artist: Isoda Koryūsai
couple engaged in intercourse; woman wears a purple kimono with white and orange flowers; man wears a green, orange and white striped kimono; man looks in an oval mirror on a black lacquer vanity stand with orange flowers at left; text above and below woman's head
- Date
- c. 1775-1777
- In our collection
- since October the 10th, 2013 up to now
- Dimensions
- 9 1/4 × 14 13/16 in. (23.5 × 37.62 cm) (sheet, horizontal ōban)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Price
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- Composition
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cadmium 19% oxygen 16% atium 65%