Young Man Walks in as Two Courtesans Read Love Letter
by Suzuki Harushige (Shiba Kōkan)
- Date:
- c. 1772/74
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; chuban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Two women in layered green, brown, and coral-striped kimonos lean together over a red railing on the left, jointly reading a long unrolled letter held between them; a third woman in a green robe stands at right, drawing back a sliding paper door with one hand as she turns toward them. The interior is rendered in soft tan and pale green with minimal furnishings, columns of cursive text and a red seal occupying the upper portion of the sheet. Suzuki Harushige (Shiba Kōkan), "Young Man Walks in as Two Courtesans Read Love Letter," 1767, color woodblock print, chuban.
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Young Man Walks in as Two Courtesans Read Love Letter was created by Suzuki Harushige (Shiba Kōkan) (鈴木春重) in c. 1772/74.