Courtesans Parading under Lanterns: Nishikido of the Chôjiya, kamuro Kikuno and Utano (R); Nanakoshi of the Ôgiya, kamuro Mineno and Takane (C); Matsubito of the Matsubaya, kamuro Isone and Shirabe (L)

Advanced Search

LICENSE IMAGE

ORDER PRINT

DOWNLOAD

Courtesans Parading under Lanterns: Nishikido of the Chôjiya, kamuro Kikuno and Utano (R); Nanakoshi of the Ôgiya, kamuro Mineno and Takane (C); Matsubito of the Matsubaya, kamuro Isone and Shirabe (L)

「てうじや内　錦戸　きくの　うたの」　「扇や内　七こし　みねの　たかね」　「松葉や内　松人　いそね　しらべ」

Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 78.4 cm (15 3/8 x 30 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7518-20

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), fig. 37; Ukiyo-e taikei 4 (1975), #s 241-3

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7518 (left), 21.7519 (center), 21.7520 (right)

Signed Shunchô ga (on each sheet)
春潮画

Marks Artist's seal: Chûrin

ProvenanceApril 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.