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Collections

Chōseisai Teishi
Courtesan Holding Adonis Flower1799

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, bust-length figure of a woman in a red patterned robe and elaborate black hair ornaments, holding a small potted plant, with vertical Japanese script at left

Chōseisai Teishi, Courtesan Holding Adonis Flower, 1799, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Bowman

Artist or Maker
Chōseisai Teishi
Japan, active circa 1790-1800
Title
Courtesan Holding Adonis Flower
Date Made
1799
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Surimono; color woodblock print with brass and embossing
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/16 × 6 9/16 in. (12.86 × 16.67 cm) Sheet: 5 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (13.49 × 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.19
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Goodall, Hollis. Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Barbara S. Bowman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015.