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Performer and Courtesan Parodying the Armor-pulling Scene from the Story of the Soga brothers

Artist/Maker (Japanese, active 1760–1794)
Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Dateca. 1770
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e) with embossed outlines; ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chūban; overall: 11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (28.2 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
Object number1950.317
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
Japanese Print Exhibition
  • Carleton College Art Department (April 21, 1965 - May 9, 1965 )
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection, Oberlin College
  • Mansfield Fine Arts Guild, Mansfield, OH (November 7, 1965 - November 28, 1965 )
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 1979 - October 21, 1979 )
Highlights of the Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 15, 1990 - July 18, 1990 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Collections
  • Asian