Courtesan and Client, from the series Snappy Answers: An Assortment of Floating World Couples (Tonsaku ukiyo tsuimono tsukushi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Courtesan and Client, from the series Snappy Answers: An Assortment of Floating World Couples (Tonsaku ukiyo tsuimono tsukushi)

Courtesan and Client, from the series Snappy Answers: An Assortment of Floating World Couples (Tonsaku ukiyo tsuimono tsukushi)

「とんさく　浮世つい物つくし」　遊女と客

Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Publisher: Nakajimaya Izaemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1740s

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.5 x 15.1 cm (12 3/8 x 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5894

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu
西村重長筆

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.