Shamisen and Box

Arts of Asia

1860s

Yabu Chosui
Japanese, 1814-c. 1870

In this print, Yabu Chosui depicted a black-lacquer box with a furoshiki wrapping cloth and a shamisen leaning against it. The highly burnished black box has the design of a house mark on it, which is playfully hidden by the neck of the shamisen. Chosui frequented the pleasure quarters and created a number of geisha-related prints, and this mark likely represents the name of a geisha establishment.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Yabu Chosui
Title: Shamisen and Box
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1860–1869
Medium: Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions: 24.8 × 8.5 cm (9 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
Reference Number: 1972.1494
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