Courtesan Seated Beside Kotatsu
Artist
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信
(Japanese, about 1725–1770)
Date1765–1770
Mediummutlicolored woodblock print
Dimensions20.6 x 13.6 cm (8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.384
DescriptionA courtesan seated beside a kotatsu, i.e. a quilt-covered frame ove a charcoal fire, placed on the engawa (veranda) of a seiro (brothel). Perched upon a branch of a blossoming cherry tree is the small, supposedely invisible, spectator Manyemon.On View
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