The Collection – University of Michigan Museum of Art

Courtesan and client: parody of the Kiritsubo Chapter of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji Kiritsubo)

1711-1716

Okumura Masanobu

Oban (large-size) sumizurii-e (monochrome woodblock print) on paper

Courtesan in procession

circa 1793-1795

Kitagawa Utamaro

ink, white pigment, and red color on paper

A Courtesan Seated on a Veranda Playing a Shamisen

circa 1701-1716

Ōmori Yoshikiyo

hand-colored woodblock print on paper

Courtesan Tasting a Morning-glory Bud

early 1770

Isoda Koryūsai

Pillar-format full-color woodblock print (hashira e nishiki e)

Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe

early 19th century

Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Ikkyū’s Tale of Hell: Segawa Kikunojō V as courtesan Jigoku-dayū

1828-1832

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

woodblock print on paper

Red-Robed Courtesan (parody of Bodhidharma)

circa 1775-1785

Kitao Masanobu

color woodblock pillar print on paper

A Courtesan followed by Two kamuro and Another Courtesan Behind, Sheet 5 from the series of “The Main Street of the Yoshiwara in Cherry Blossom Time” (a five sheet series)

late 18th century - early 19th century

Utagawa Toyokuni I

color woodblock print on paper

Two Courtesans Talking to a Young Man, Sheet 4 from the series of “The Main Street of the Yoshiwara in Cherry Blossom Time” (a five sheet series)

late 18th century - early 19th century

Utagawa Toyokuni I

color woodblock print on paper

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya

1798

Kitagawa Utamaro

woodblock print on paper

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya

1798

Kitagawa Utamaro

woodblock print on paper

Complete Illustrations of Yoshiwara Parodies of Kabuki: Courtesans of the Matsubaya

1798

Kitagawa Utamaro

woodblock print on paper

Beauty under Cherry Blossoms

1810

Hosoda Eishi

ink and color on silk

Yoshiwara District

early 18th century

Japanese

handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper

Courtesan Beneath a Willow Branch

circa 1740-1750

Japanese

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

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