Two Courtesans Enjoying the View from a Teahouse
after 1844
Medium
Drawings intended as design for woodblock prints (triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 30 1/2 in. (36.2 x 77.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1939
Accession Number
JP2753
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Kunisada|Ichiransai Kunitsuna · 1786–1864
**Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)** Born in 1786 in the Honjo district of Edo (modern Tokyo), Utagawa Kunisada hailed from a family with a hereditary ferry-boat service that provided financial stability, allowing him to pursue art from a young age. His father, an amateur poet of note, died shortly after his birth, leaving young Sumida Shōgorō (Kunisada's childhood name) to nurture his evident talent...