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Courtesan on Parade

ca. 1830–44 (Tenpō era)
Not on view
This image of a courtesan on parade outdoors is cut from a larger sheet that originally also included on the left a tanzaku-shaped image with a Japanese poem in ink-rubbing format. Such prints were referred to a as harimaze-e, or “cut-out prints."

Works by Katsushika Taito II are sometimes mistakenly attributed to his master, the famous Katsushika Hokusai, who for a while in the 1810s used the art name Taito. His disciple Taito II

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 二代葛飾戴斗画 傾城道中（張交絵の一部）
  • Title: Courtesan on Parade
  • Artist: Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active ca. 1810–53)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: ca. 1830–44 (Tenpō era)
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Harimaze-e (cutout print), cut from vertical ōban sheet; 14 x 6 3/8 in. (35.6 x 16.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
  • Object Number: JP2831
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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