Descriptive Information

Title

A summer river scene with courtesans and two peasant boys, one with a fishing rod.

Call Number

E Row 1/GC063/Box 01/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01139

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/79407x290

Publisher

Japan : [s.n.], n.d. [1780s]

Language

No linguistic content

Date Created

1780

Extent

1 item ; sheet 36 x 22.2 cm.

Source Acquisition

Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Medium: Nishiki-e (color woodblock print)

Format: Ôban tate-e triptych.

Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.

Sealed: Chûrin.

Signed: Shunchô ga.

Item description: Left sheet of a triptych.

Discovery Information

Subject

Boys—Japan—18th century—In art

Geishas—Japan—18th century—In art

Peasants—Japan—18th century—In art

Rivers—Japan—In art

Summer—Japan—In art

Fishers—Japan—18th century—In art

Genre painting

Physical Characteristics

File Count

1

Institutional Information

Collection

Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5bb6e351-903f-409d-8eab-2552069e1261/manifest

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