Courtesan Imitating Guan Yu (Kan'u)

見立関羽

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hashira-e; 67.8 x 11.6 cm (26 11/16 x 4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.537

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 247, #D-21; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #453; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #727

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.537, 21.8320

A related painting: 11.7548

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross