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  • A regal figure in a flowered robe walks ahead of two young attendants, surrounded by columns of calligraphy.
  • A regal figure in a flowered robe walks ahead of two young attendants, surrounded by columns of calligraphy.
  • Three women and three men walk towards one another dressed in richly patterned robes, surrounded by columns of calligraphy.

Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎

Courtesan and Attendants

Maker

Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎 (ca. 1760-1823, worked in Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver

Title

Courtesan and Attendants

Period

Edo Period

Year

1823, first month

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.6 x 18.6 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 格子先. 遊ふ禿か つくはねに このもかのもの 名をやよふらん 
三津濱(浜)成

おいらんの 眉はさらなり 見かへりの 柳も春の めさししほらし 
千歳有数

春の夜に こちへと客を なひかして 見かへり柳 せなをたゝきつ 
意雅栗三

Signature: 春暁斎政信筆 Shungyosai Masanobu hitsu (Brushed by Shungyosai Masanobu)

Seals: Designer seal; Square red seal
Block carver's seal: Tani Seikō 谷清好
Poetry group emblem: Gold crane

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.5

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints
May 23, 2026 – Oct 04, 2026
Surimono from Osaka and Edo
The Pumpelly Album
May 23, 2008 – Oct 05, 2008

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Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎 (ca. 1760-1823, worked in Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
Courtesan and Attendants, 1823, first month
polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)
Shikishiban: 21.6 x 18.6 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/16 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.5

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