Skip to main content

Morokoshi of the Echizenya, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchû bijin kurabe)

(Japanese, active about 1781–1818)
about 1795–97 (Kansei 7–9)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 39.2 x 25.8 cm (15 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.4789
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#434); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.