Courtesans of the Three Cities: from Shimabara in Kyoto, Tayû Hanamurasaki of the Kyôya; from Shin Yoshiwara in Edo, Somenosuke of the Matsubaya; from Shinmachi in Osaka, Daigaku Tayû of the Tsuchiya – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Courtesans of the Three Cities: from Shimabara in Kyoto, Tayû Hanamurasaki of the Kyôya; from Shin Yoshiwara in Edo, Somenosuke of the Matsubaya; from Shinmachi in Osaka, Daigaku Tayû of the Tsuchiya

Courtesans of the Three Cities: from Shimabara in Kyoto, Tayû Hanamurasaki of the Kyôya; from Shin Yoshiwara in Edo, Somenosuke of the Matsubaya; from Shinmachi in Osaka, Daigaku Tayû of the Tsuchiya

三都の太夫たち　「京島原　きやう内　太夫花むらさき　江戸新吉原　まつばや内染之介　大阪新町　つち屋内　大学太夫」

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.9 x 37.3 cm (9 7/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4514

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #455; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #699, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 515

Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画

ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.