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Two Courtesans on Terrace: One Reading, One Smoking

18th century
18th century

Suzuki Harunobu, aka Hozumi, Chôeiken, Shikojin, Japanese, (1725–1770)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Color woodcut

Edition: Illustration for a poem by Jakuren Hôshi

Marks: Inscribed, upper right: “Jakuren Hôshi” [Priest Jakuren] and “Sabishisa… [illegible] to nakarikeri… [illegible] yamano aki no yûgure” [text of a song by Jakuren]; inscribed, lower left: “Suzuki Harunobu ga” [artist’s name]

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1948

Accession Number: 1948.D2.7

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courtesans*, reading*, smoking*, Ukiyo-e

courtesans - Prostitutes who draw their clientele from a court or from the upper classes, and whose services often include social entertaining as well as sexual activity. [January 1993 descriptor added.]
reading - Perusing written or printed matter, either silently or aloud. [September 1993 descriptor added.]
smoking - From TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm009761
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Suzuki Harunobu, aka Hozumi, Chôeiken, Shikojin, Japanese, (1725–1770) . Two Courtesans on Terrace: One Reading, One Smoking, 18th century. Color woodcut. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1948.D2.7. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1948. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: J. Giammatteo) .

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