Courtesan and Veiled Lover under Flowering Cherry Tree – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Courtesan and Veiled Lover under Flowering Cherry Tree

Courtesan and Veiled Lover under Flowering Cherry Tree

桜下に遊女と男

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1)

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 69 x 12 cm (27 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8366

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 254, #F-50; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #339; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 216, #78

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#154); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.