Young Couple with Attendants, from the Five Illustrations for the Play Imoseyama

Artist/Maker Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春湖 (Japanese, active ca 1780–1795)

Date1780s

MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical chūban; overall: 10 3/16 × 7 5/16 in. (25.9 × 18.6 cm)

Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest

PortfolioFive Illustrations for the Play Imoseyama (Imoseyama gomaitsuzuki)

Object number1950.379

Status

Not on view

ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

Collections

Asian

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