Young Man, Young Woman, and a Boy Pass in Front of Santo Kyoden's Smoking Shop
Dateca. 1800
Label TextSanto Kyoden (1761-1816), a famous writer, artist, and arbiter of popular taste, operated a tobacco shop to finance his enormous expenses in the entertainment district. Smoking played an important role in floating world culture. Many prints depict courtesans or their clients leaning desultorily on an elbow and leisurely inhaling a long, thin pipe.
Object number2017.23.1
Provenance[Sebastian Izzard, New York]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2009; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017
Photo CreditPhoto: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Cat. no. 28, reproduced p. 51.Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar
Dimensions15 1/4 x 10 in. (38.7 x 25.4 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
first half 20th century
Object number: 40.60
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
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