Skip to Content
Closed now, next open tomorrow. Closed now, next open tomorrow.

Courtesan Painting a Screen, from a series of 12 erotic prints

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

Image actions

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

Date:

c. 1711

Artist:

Torii Kiyonobu I
Japanese, 1664-1729

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Torii Kiyonobu I

Title

Courtesan Painting a Screen, from a series of 12 erotic prints

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.

1706–1716

Medium

Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

Dimensions

27 × 37.2 cm (10 5/8 × 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1942.61

IIIF Manifest  The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.

https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/44103/manifest.json

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Share

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Learn more

Image actions

Share