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Maker(s):Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden)
Culture:Japanese (1761-1816)
Title:A Woman and A Couple, from the series Tosei Enpu Jukkei no Zu [Ten Patterns of Alluring/Erotic Styles in the Modern World]
Date Made:ca. 1785
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mount: 32.385 cm x 22.5425 cm; 12 3/4 in x 8 7/8 in; Image: 26.67 cm x 19.05 cm; 10 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; Sight: 26.67 cm x 18.7325 cm; 10 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Masanobu zu]; TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Japanese character, Tosei Enpu Jukkei no Zu].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.342.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Vertical image of a man playing with a courtesan sitting on the floor besides a black screen and another woman in purple kimono looks on by the side. Two red lanterns and a pine tree in the background.

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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