A Youth and a Girl Playing the Samisen together on a Bench beside a Stream

ca. 1766-68

Japanese, 1724 - 1770

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.

Gift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2013.31.4

Provenance: [Israel Goldman Japanese Prints, London, England]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2005; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2013

Photo: Susan Cole

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 12, reproduced p. 35.

Published ReferencesJunker, Patricia. "America in the Artful Age." In A Community of Collectors, Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 2008; p. 187, reproduced no. 158.

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