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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA003968/00001
Notes
- General Note:
- Ten fashionably dressed women accompanied by their attendants are shown in a garden setting. They are engaged in leisurely activities such as playing music, reading, boating on the lake. Their names alluding to flowers, treasures and fragrances are typical of those adopted by many courtesans, and in this print some names are rendered as Golden Little Treasure, Blessing Like Spring, Peaceful Fragrant Orchid, etc. In those days the courtesan community of Shanghai provided men of the upper classes with entertainment. These courtesans were cultivated in poetry, painting, music and calligraphy. Although usually separated from respectable society, some of them did gain certain notoriety. It goes without saying that the most notorious courtesans would appear in publications displaying their talents. An early example of this practice is the Hundred beauties of Nanjing published by Li Yunxiang in 1618. Graphic representation of famous beauties, however, only became popular during the middle of the eighteenth century. As can be expected the city of Suzhou counted many printers who engraved pictures of local beauties. After Suzhou declined as a printing centre and many of them left for Shanghai, the Suzhou printers naturally continued this tradition once settled in their new environment.
- General Note:
- Published reference in: Preliminary list of Chinese woodblock prints in the SOAS Library
- General Note:
- Printed during the winter of 1900
- General Note:
- Creative Commons (CC)-Lizenzen: Namensnennung-NichtKommerziell unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 international (CC BY-NC). Dieses Bild ist als in hoher Auflösung zur Verfügung. Kontaktieren Sie den Digital Library Project Office an der SOAS, University of London.
- General Note:
- Cette ressource numérique est dans le domaine public. S'il vous plaît, utiliser en accord avec la licence Creative Commons: Attribution-Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale conditions (CC BY-NC). Fichiers numériques de haute résolution sont disponibles sur la SOAS, Université de Londres - le Bureau du projet de bibliothèque numérique.
- General Note:
- Suzhou style
- General Note:
- Inked in seven colours (pink, red, green, blue, grey, yellow and black)
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS, University of London
- Rights Management:
- This item is in the public domain. Please use in accord with Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC). High resolution digital master available from SOAS, University of London - the Digital Library Project Office.
- Resource Identifier:
- CWP 41 ( accession number (preliminary list of chinese woodblock prints in the soas library) )
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