shita-uri　した売

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Small prints of actors, or genre scenes with actors produced around the mid-19c which bear seals reading "shita-uri." During the 1840s when the ban against actor prints was particularly stringent, prints could not be displayed, but were sold under the counter at bookstores. For that reason, a seal bearing the words "shita-uri" or "sold under [the counter]" was affixed to draw attention to them.

REFERENCES:

EXTERNAL LINKS:

NOTES:

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System.　No reproduction or republication without written permission. 掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。