Courtesan Playing With A Cat
ArtistAttributed to
Torii Kiyonobu I 鳥居 清信
(Japanese, 1664–1729)
Daten.d.
MediumSumizuri-e; ink on paper; a modern impression from an old block from which the artist's signature and publisher's mark have been removed.
Dimensions71.3 x 50.5 cm (28 1/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.1322
DescriptionMounted as a kakemono-e.Label TextMatsukaze is shown seated on the bent-over trunk of the pine tree on Suma Beach, upon which her faithless lover, the noble lord Ariwara no Yukihira, hung his haori (coat) and eboshi (hat) as pledges that he would come back to her (which he never did) when he had to leave, having been recalled to the Imperial Court of Kyoto, form which he had been temporarily banished.
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Torii Kiyonobu I 鳥居 清信
late 17th–early 18th century
