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Procession of a Courtesan


Yûjo dôchû zu
遊女道中図
Attributed to: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Japanese
Edo period
about Tenna era (1681–84)

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
Dimensions 80 x 39.3 cm (31 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Overall (including braid): 175.4 x 58.3 cm
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4618
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 2; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 41; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #5
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.