Courtesan Looking Out Window at Kamuro Trying to Detain Young Man

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Courtesan Looking Out Window at Kamuro Trying to Detain Young Man

遊女と禿と若い客

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

early 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 Number21.8350

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 250, #F-1; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), pl. 80; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #428; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #738

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1278, 21.8350

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.