Young Man, Young Woman, and a Boy Pass in Front of Santo Kyoden's Smoking Shop
ca. 1800
Santo 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.
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
15 1/4 x 10 in. (38.7 x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Mary and Allan Kollar
2017.23.1
Provenance: [Sebastian Izzard, New York]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2009; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn