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A Young Girl with Her Client

ca. 1710s

Japanese, 1664 - 1729

Erotic prints known as shunga, literally "spring pictures," have been a part of ukiyo-e culture from its inception. Virtually all of the print masters devoted some degree of their talent to depicting the amorous encounters of the young and the beautiful. This lively print is far less revealing than many. It was likely one of the first prints in a series that grew increasingly explicit.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

10 1/4 x 14 9/16 in. (26 x 37 cm)

Gift of Mary and Allan Kollar

2011.40.1

Provenance: Collection of Shibui Kiyoshi (1899-1992), Japan; [Sebastian Izzard, New York]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2009; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2011

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 1, reproduced p. 24.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Renegade Edo: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec, July 21 - Dec. 3, 2023. Text by Xiaojin Wu. No cat. no., pp. 84, 102, reproduced pl. 46.

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