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Courtesans at a Party


酒宴に遊女、「平次」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1074
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe right (?) sheet of an incomplete, unidentified polyptych. One of the other sheets may include a title or a pictorial detail that would explain what the occasion is, and why the courtesans and a male entertainer identified as "Heiji" are all wearing matching costumes--perhaps a celebration for a kabuki actor?
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Izumiya Ichibei
改印:極、泉市
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross