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A Sex Worker and Client Watched by Her Attendant
Image Not Available for A Sex Worker and Client Watched by Her Attendant

A Sex Worker and Client Watched by Her Attendant

Dateca. 1710
Label TextKiyonobu was the founder of the illustrious Torii school, known for its dynamic actor prints of posturing kabuki stars. His erotic prints adopt some of the theatricality of the stage, as evidenced by this print in which the performance of a coupling pair has attracted an audience. The passing attendant, holding a teacup, allows herself a stolen glance at the lovemaking couple, who seem oblivious to the young voyeur.
Object number2011.40.2
ProvenanceCollection 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
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 2, reproduced p. 25. 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., p. 102.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar
Dimensions10 1/8 x 15 in. (25.7 x 38.1 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper
Image Not Available for A Young Girl with Her Client
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Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
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Object number: 2010.47.3
Image Not Available for The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
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Object number: 2010.47.4
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
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Image Not Available for The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.6