Courtesans on a Balcony Overlooking the Bay

階上の遊女

Utagawa Fusatane (Japanese, active 1854–1888)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3215.6

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably one sheet of an incomplete triptych.

Signed Fusatane ga, in toshidama cartouche
房種画（年玉枠）

Marks Censor's seal: Rat 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子五改
彫師：なし