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Courtesans and Kamuro Viewing Plum Blossoms


梅を見る遊女とかむろ
Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Fushimiya Zenroku (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1787–1801 (late Tenmei to Kansei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.3 x 25.9 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5938
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 13 (1991), Chester Beatty pl. 58 (center sheet of the same triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
Signed Shunchô ga
春潮画
Marks Artist's seal: Chûrin
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.