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Collections

Yashima Gakutei
Courtesan and Attendant at the Yoshiwara District Gatecirca 1820

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print with two vignettes — a rectangular snow scene with a black gate and crowd above, and a circular inset of two figures in patterned kimonos below, on a crackle-patterned blue ground with vertical columns of Japanese text

Yashima Gakutei, Courtesan and Attendant at the Yoshiwara District Gate, circa 1820, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yashima Gakutei
Title
Courtesan and Attendant at the Yoshiwara District Gate
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1820
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Surimono; woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 5/16 × 7 3/8 in. (21.11 × 18.73 cm) Sheet: 8 5/16 × 7 3/8 in. (21.11 × 18.73 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse
Accession Number
M.80.219.56
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art