Courtesan and Attendant on a Balcony Overlooking the River – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Courtesan and Attendant on a Balcony Overlooking the River

Courtesan and Attendant on a Balcony Overlooking the River

二階から川を眺める遊女と禿

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; 72.8 x 13 cm (28 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8377

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 246, #B-13; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #432; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 201, #44

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.