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Young courtesan on horseback being assisted by a young man, possibly her lover - with Mt. Fuji looming in the background
Young courtesan on horseback being assisted by a young man, possibly her lover - with Mt. Fuji looming in the background
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Isoda Koryūsai (礒田湖龍斎) (artist )

Young courtesan on horseback being assisted by a young man, possibly her lover - with Mt. Fuji looming in the background

Print

ca 1775
4.5 in x 26 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Koryū-ga (湖龍画)
Chicago Art Institute (similar non-shunga version) - gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener
As a young man helps his courtesan down from riding a horse, his eye is drawn to her open kimono. Mt. Fuji in the distance.

There is a similar vertical diptych listed in Pins, #325, with a copy in the Art Institute in Chicago. In that one a large moon dominates the partially clouded night sky. Both that version and the one here carry the 'abbreviated' Koryūsai signature - Koryū-ga. Theirs is dated ca. 1775.
beautiful woman picture (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)
pillar print (hashira-e - 柱絵) (genre)
erotic prints (shunga - 春画) (genre)
Mount Fuji (富士山) (genre)