Courtesan on Parade

傾城道中

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 70 x 23.7 cm (27 9/16 x 9 1/3 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1475

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1475, 11.26839, 50.319

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未正改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross