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Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎

Courtesan and Attendants, Edo Period

Maker

  • Tani Seikō 谷清好
  • Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎

Title

Courtesan and Attendants

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

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

Techniques

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

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.5

Courtesan and Attendants

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

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts

May 23 - October 4, 2026

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008
Three figures dressed in patterned robes walk towards the left below columns of calligraphic script.

Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎

Ichikawa Danjuro VII Tsurunoya, and Companion, Edo Period
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