The Courtesans Hinaya and Karauta Behind the Barred Window of Chojiya House by Sumida River in the Cherry Blossom Season
Artist
Kikukawa Eizan 菊川 英山
(Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisherpublished by
Kansendō 甘泉堂
(Japanese)
DateEarly Spring 1813
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions38.5 x 51.5 cm (15 3/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.2622
DescriptionCenter and right-hand oban-format sheets of a tryptych. Both of the women are depicted standing beside the barred window of the Clove House (Choji-ya) on the bank of the Sumidagawa. Hinaya is the right and karauta at the left. Right-hand and middle sheets of a triptch joined as a diptychProvenanceJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection, -1901
On View
Not on viewTsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
July 1883
Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川 豊国
about 1800
Utagawa Yoshitsuya I 歌川 芳艶
1863, 3rd month