(Scene in a Courtesan House)

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Title	(Scene in a Courtesan House)
Artist	Suzuki Harunobu
Date	18th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Prints, Print | Color woodblock print

Size:

8 1/16 x 10 15/16 in. (20.5 x 27.8 cm) (image, sheet)

Creation Place:

Asia, Japan

Culture:

Asia, Japan

Style:

18th century, Edo period

Inscriptions:

texts on the top and bottom are supposedly the story related to the scenetexts around the figures are dialogues of the people

Physical Description:

nishiki-e, shun-ga, double page from an illustrated book

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Bequest of Richard P. Gale

Accession Number:

74.1.309

Artist:

Harunobu Suzuki, Japanese, 1725 - 1770

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, 1725 - 1770

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009