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Young Man and Courtesan by a Standing Screen, from an untitled series of twelve erotic prints


衝立のかげ
Attributed to: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1680 (Enpô 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color probably added later
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 27.7 x 36 cm (10 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1034
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Art Mus., Hishikawa Moronobu ten (2000), cat. nos. 85-88; Hayashi & Lane, Ukiyo-e shunga meihin shûsei 20 (1998), pl. 1; Shibui, Estampes Erotiques Primitives du Japan, vol. I (1926), pl. XX
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross