Courtesan and Customer Parodying Guan Yu

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Courtesan and Customer Parodying Guan Yu

見立関羽

Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)

Japanese

Edo period

1770s

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 67 x 12 cm (26 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6241

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 75; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #922; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #119

Signed Toyoharu ga
豊春画

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#280); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.