Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信

A Courtesan and Her Guest , Edo Period

Maker

Title

A Courtesan and Her Guest

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 22.2 x 18.9 cm (8 3/4 x 7 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 玉琴を ききさしてみる 朧夜に 二十五けんの 橋のゆきかひ
- 北窓梅善
Translation: We pause from listening to the zither, to watch people coming and going on a misty moonlit night across a twenty-five-ken bridge.

(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono, p. 350)

Seals: Designer's seal: 柳川 Yanagawa
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō
Poetry group emblem: Golden crane

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.9

A Courtesan and Her Guest

Inscription Text/Poem: 玉琴を ききさしてみる 朧夜に 二十五けんの 橋のゆきかひ
- 北窓梅善
Translation: We pause from listening to the zither, to watch people coming and going on a misty moonlit night across a twenty-five-ken bridge.

(Translated in Carpenter, Reading Surimono, p. 350)

Seals: Designer's seal: 柳川 Yanagawa
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō
Poetry group emblem: Golden crane

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

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