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Courtesan Blowing Smoke in Man's Face


三つ蒲団の上の遊女と客
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 chûban; 21.4 x 28.4 cm (8 7/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4643
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #461; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 402
DescriptionProbably a revamped version of an erotic print.
Signed Harunobu ga (on background screen)
春信画
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.