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Party in a Second-floor Room in the Yoshiwara

Party in a Second-floor Room in the Yoshiwara

吉原の宴会

Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1780s

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5943

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.14769-70 (right and center sheets of triptych), 21.5943 (center sheet)

Signed Shunchô ga
春潮画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.