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Courtesan Standing by Screen and Man Smoking in Bed

Courtesan Standing by Screen and Man Smoking in Bed

立ち美人と床で煙草を吸う男

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1771 (Meiwa 8)

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 69.5 x 12 cm (27 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8349

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 251, #F-17; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #381; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 189, #17

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.