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Courtesan Viewing Cherry Blossoms


花見遊女
Harukawa Goshichi (Kamiya Hôshû) (Japanese, 1776–1831?)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1822 (Bunsei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.5 x 17.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge
Accession NumberRES.46.28
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #71
DescriptionPoem translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 197.
Signed Harukawa Goshichi hitsu
春川五七筆
InscriptionsPoem by Ki no Mamanari: Kono sato no/ hana no sakari wa/ katatoki o/ senkin to miru/ yone no kashiburi