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A House of Courtesans, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)", c. 1681/84. Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.
Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e · 31.6 × 46.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- A House of Courtesans, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)"
- Artist
- Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese, (?)-1694
- Date
- c. 1681/84
- Medium
- Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
- Dimensions
- 31.6 × 46.7 cm (12 1/2 × 18 7/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.