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The Geisha Osasa of the Oriya (?) and the Maid (Nakai) Hata of the Bankôya (Geiko Oriya Osasa, Bankôya nakai Hata), from an untitled series of Osaka geisha

(Japanese, active about 1780–1810)
late 1790s (mid Kansei era)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 38.6 x 25.6 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.4783
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceOctober 1915, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.