Beauties of the Three Capitals: Kyōto (Center)
Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川 豊信
(Japanese, 1711–1785)
Dateabout 1745
MediumWoodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
DimensionsHabahiro hashira-e; 64.4 x 22.5 cm (25 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher: Mark of Urokogata-ya (circle with three triangles)
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.62
DescriptionMiddle of set of threeLabel TextThe Kyoto courtesan depicted in this print holds a pipe in her right hand as she turns to look down at her kamuro who is walking by her side and holds a tobako-bon (box containing tobacco and smoker's utensils)
On View
Not on view
Nishimura, Shigenaga
about 1730