Courtesans of the Three Cities
Courtesans of the Three Cities

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Courtesans of the Three Cities,

ca. 1731

Okumura Toshinobu 奥村利信, active ca. 1717–1750
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2009-34

Information

Title
Courtesans of the Three Cities
Dates

ca. 1731

Maker
Okumura Toshinobu 奥村利信
Medium
Woodblock print (hosoban format); ink and color on paper (hand colored)
Dimensions
32.5 x 15.8 cm. (12 13/16 x 6 1/4 in.) mat: 48.8 x 36.2 cm. (19 3/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sebastian and Mieko Izzard in honor of Professor Yoshiaki Shimizu, Graduate School Class of 1975
Object Number
2009-34
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, prints, chuban
Materials
hoso-e, color, paper, ink
Techniques
hand coloring, woodcut (process)
Subject
courtesans, figures (representations), women, cities

–2009 Sebastian Izzard and Mieko Izzard (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.

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