Courtesan Imitating Guan Yu (Kan'u) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Courtesan Imitating Guan Yu (Kan'u)

Courtesan Imitating Guan Yu (Kan'u)

見立関羽

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 71.8 x 13 cm (28 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8320

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 247, #D-21; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #453; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #727

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.537, 21.8320

A related painting: 11.7548

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.