Standing Geisha

Arts of Asia

c. 1748

Ishikawa Toyonobu
Japanese, 1711–1785

A geisha holds a practice book for a narrative musical (joruri) in her left hand and a plectrum (bachi) for playing the shamisen in her right hand. She is on her way to her music lessons. This joruri was first performed at the Nakamura theater in 1744. The crest (mon) on the geisha’s boldly patterned kimono depicts the character some, which was perhaps part of her name.

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Ishikawa Toyonobu
Title: Standing Geisha
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.: 1743–1753
Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; urushi-e, vertical oban diptych
Dimensions: 65.4 × 24.7 cm (25 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1925.2254
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