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Courtesan Parading with Two Kamuro

Courtesan Parading with Two Kamuro

道中の遊女と禿

Komatsuken (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1766 (Meiwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.7 x 19.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5693

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #623; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 605; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 167, #4

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19711 (first state?), 21.5693 (second state, without designer's signature)

Signed Komatsuken ga
小松軒画

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Charles Jacquin; January 21, 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at January 17-22, 1921 sale of Mr. Charles Jacquin's collection at the Walpole Galleries, New York, lot #252; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.