Eishi: Courtesan Somenosuke of Matsubaya (Matsubaya no uchi somenosuke) from the series Picking Pine Shoots, a chapter from the Tale of Genji (Genji komatsubiki) - Legion of Honor

Artist: Eishi

Title: Courtesan Somenosuke of Matsubaya (Matsubaya no uchi somenosuke) from the series Picking Pine Shoots, a chapter from the Tale of Genji (Genji komatsubiki)

Date: ca. 1794–1796

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Eishi, Japanese, 1756–1829 Iwatoya Jimpachi (publisher), Japanese Courtesan Somenosuke of Matsubaya (Matsubaya no uchi somenosuke) from the series Picking Pine Shoots, a chapter from the Tale of Genji (Genji komatsubiki), ca. 1794–1796 Color woodcut Image: 384 x 246 mm (15 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.) Gift of Patricia Brown McNamara, Jane Brown Dunaway, and Helen Brown Jarman in memory of Mary Wattis Brown 64.47.40

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