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Takao, from an album of courtesans


「高尾」
Ishikawa Tomonobu (Ryûsen) (Japanese, died about 1715)
Japanese
Edo period
1714 (Shôtoku 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 25.2 x 17.1 cm (9 15/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number54.36
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taisei 2 (1931), #291 (intact sheet); the left half: Album of Old Japanese Prints of the Ukiyo-ye School Reproduced from the Collection of Ken-ichi Kawaura (1919), #6
DescriptionThe right half of a sheet, probably from an album of courtesans; the left half shows the courtesan Usugumo.
Signed (Tomonobu ga, on the other half of the sheet)