A Party in the Yoshiwara, Sheet 1 of the series Twelve Bouts of Lovemaking (Shikidô tokkumi jûni-tsugai)

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A Party in the Yoshiwara, Sheet 1 of the series Twelve Bouts of Lovemaking (Shikidô tokkumi jûni-tsugai)

「色道取組十二番」　一

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

1775 (An'ei 4)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.5 x 36.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8310

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 172, #41; Hockley 2003, p. 287, #22-1; Hayashi & Lane, Ukiyo-e shunga meihin shûsei 3 (1996), pl. 1; Mainichi shinbunsha, Ukiyo-e daiten (exh. cat., 1969), #36

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.732, 11.13474, *11.40132 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.8310

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

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.