Artwork preview

The Courtesans, from the series, "Seiro Bijin Awase Carver End Shigoro" (sic)

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wearing a kimono with pink, beige, and brown colors and a floral pattern, with hair tied up in buns on either side of her head, facing left; she stands on a beige background with a blue and gold border; there are Japanese characters along the left and right sides.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1765
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
442 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

The Courtesans, from the Series, "Seiro Bijin Awase Carver End Shigoro" (sic.)
Kureha of Gakuiseya, from Selection of Beauties from the Pleasure Quarters
Yotsu of the Matsukiyo Brothel Performing as a Shirabyōshi, from the series Sacred Dances in Shinmachi
The Actor Bandō Hikosaburo I in a Female Role
Courtesan with Sake Cup and Scroll
A Famous Actor of Women's Roles
Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: Genroku-style Courtesan
Segawa Tomisaburo in the Role of Musume Dojoji in "Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi"
The Fourth Imai Hanshiro in the Role O Hatsu in "Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki"
Standing Beauty
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Sayohime Disguised as Hanamasu
Print
Tsubasa of Ōgiya
The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Dancing in a Shosa Act
The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman
The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I, 1689–1756 in an Unidentified Female Role
The Third Ichikawa Yaozō as a Daimyo Standing Under a Maple Tree
Muraogi, from the series The False Murasaki's Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji)
The Second Segawa Sangoro in the Role of Kiyomihara Tengyoku
Takigawa of the Ōgiya Brothel: The First Reception Room Appointment of the New Year (Hatsu-uri zashiki no zu: Ōgiya Takigawa), from the series A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō bisen awase)
Figure of a Woman
Komachi Washes the Book (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)
The Second Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of Tegoshi no Shosho
Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Mad Female Role