Gosztonyi Ferenc - Király Erzsébet - Szücs György szerk.: A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria Évkönyve 2002-2004. 24/9 (MNG Budapest, 2005)

STUDIES - Shinji Tanaka: On Bertalan Székely's Japanese Woman, 1871

weiße — violettes deßin - licht braun violetter fond - weisses dessin — über dem ganzen ein braunes netz —futter dazu dunkelvioletter fond - licht gelbe blumen - dunkelvioletter fand nach unten zu licht weisses Schmetterlinge drauf. MTAKK Ms.939/1

. fol.36/v. Japanese cloth patterns. Notation: 'grau grün mittelton fand — blau grüne umschlage Unterkleid — mit weisse tupfen - violett dunkel — strohgelb - grau — grün - weiß violett, dunkel violett — lichtbraun mit dunkelbraun — leberfarbe Unie, lichtgrün fand und dunkelgrün dessin '. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.37. Figure of a girl. Her apparel does not look Japanese (Chinese?). Notation: 'die klugefrau mit lampe'. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.37/v. ' -ft$i Lady entering a house. Notation: 'herein - rendezvouz. licht - dunkel'. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.38. Lady calling her servant. In front of her are a pipe cabinet (?) and a handkerchief. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.38/v. Standing female figure with sleeves and tails of her cloak rolled up. In her mouth is a toothpick (or pipe?). Notation: 'rauch! — sár. schwarz fond — grau —linien weiß\ MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.39/v. It is probably the pattern ' Tatsuta-Gawa, autumn acer leaves on the flowing water', with a line drawing of a fence below. Notation: 'rot dunkelrot - gelb und rot - weiss und rote blumen. schwarz fand, lichtgrau fluß mit streifen, barrière '. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.40. Female head, bearing close resemblance to the prostitutes painted in the manner of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Below, a flower, perhaps a kikyo or Chinese bellflower can be seen. Notation: 'violett sch[.

..] fond - grün '. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.40/v. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.39. Woman standing under a tree, holding a musical instrument in her left hand. It may be a shamisen (a guitar with three strings), although the body of the instrument seems a bit too large. In addition, Székely depicted the pegbox of another instrument with four pegs, suggesting perhaps that it is a biwa (traditional Japanese lute with four strings). Notation: ' schneelandschaft — dunkel violetter fond mit weiße Vögel mit gelben händen '. Woman walking, with arms crossed. The composition is similar to that of Mutamagawa Takanotamagawa, a woodcut by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848).

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The position of the woman, however, is reversed here. Notation: 'grau rot - dumpf grün - grau violet. Was nunV

. MTAKK Ms.939/1. fol.41. Floral patterns.