Standing Geisha

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Geisha

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Date
c. 1748
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; urushi-e, vertical oban diptych
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

A geisha holds a practice book for a narrative musical ( joruri ) in her left hand and a plectrum ( bachi ) for playing the shamisen in her right hand. She is on her way to her music lessons. This joruri was first performed at the Nakamura theater in 1744. The crest ( mon ) on the geisha’s boldly patterned kimono depicts the character some , which was perhaps part of her name.

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