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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Untitled (Two Courtesans)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Untitled (Two Courtesans)

Artist Yeizan
CultureJapanese
Date1806-1829
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (39.1 x 26 cm)
InscribedOn front of paper mat: "Yeizan" in pencil. Small blue bordered label in left corner, bottom, marked "F66" and small Japanese characters.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Hoge Tyler
Object number61.83.39
Not on view
DescriptionColor woodblock print of two courtesans. One seated smoking a pipe, the other standing behind her holding a fan. A frame bearing two standards with banners in a background. Two covered stancheons in center.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Yeizan
1806-1829
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Kitagawa Utamaro
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Yeizan
1806-1829
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Utagawa Kunisada I (Utagawa Toyokuni III)
1786-1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1807-1864
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Kitagawa Utamaro
No Date
Image scanned from a 35mm slide and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
John James Crawley
ca. 1836
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Utagawa Toyokuni
1769-1825
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1830-1850
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Utagawa Hiroshige II
1830s