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Courtesan drinking while admiring the moon
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Courtesan drinking while admiring the moon

Dateca. 1715
Object number2011.40.3
ProvenanceCollection of Edwin (1889-1968) and Irma Grabhorn (1906-2003), San Francisco, California; by descent through the family; consigned to [Sebastian Izzard, New York]; sold to Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2008; 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. 3, reproduced pp. 8, 26. Chiba, Japan, Chiba City Museum of Art, Early Ukiyo-e: Power of the Wood Block, Power of the Brush, Jan. 9 - Feb. 28, 2016. Cat. no. 91, reproduced p. 143.Published ReferencesStern, Harold P. Figure Prints of Old Japan: A Pictoral Pageant of Actors & Courtesans of the Eighteenth Century, Reproduced from the Prints in the Collection of Marjorie & Edwin Grabhorn. San Francisco, California: The Book Club of San Francisco, 1959; no. 10. Narazaki Muneshige, et. al. Ukiyo-e shuka (The Glory of Ukiyo-e), Honolulu Academy of Arts, Edwin & Irma Grabhorn Collection. Tokyo: Shogakkan, 1979; reproduced pl. 152, p. 132.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar
Dimensions22 1/4 x 13 in. (56.5 x 33 cm) Frame: 31 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (79.4 x 56.5 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; sumizuri-e with hand applied color, o-oban tate-e, two joined sheets