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Courtesans on a Street in the Yoshiwara

Courtesans on a Street in the Yoshiwara

吉原の遊女

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6963

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably one sheet of an incomplete triptych.

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

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.