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A Courtesan with Her Client, the first sheet of an untitled erotic picture album

A work made of woodblock print; sumizuri-e, oban yoko-e.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of woodblock print; sumizuri-e, oban yoko-e.

Date:

c. 1673/81

Artist:

Hishikawa Moronobu
Japanese, (?)-1694

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Hishikawa Moronobu

Title

A Courtesan with Her Client, the first sheet of an untitled erotic picture album

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.

1668–1686

Medium

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, oban yoko-e

Dimensions

27.2 × 38.3 cm (10 3/4 × 15 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Reference Number

1973.645.9

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