Art Institute of Chicago
Shamisen and Box
Yabu ChosuiLinkedCulture matchlcp-939e1cf5e330
- Date
- 1860s
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 42243
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
In this print, Yabu Chosui depicted a black-lacquer box with a furoshiki wrapping cloth and a shamisen leaning against it. The highly burnished black box has the design of a house mark on it, which is playfully hidden by the neck of the shamisen . Chosui frequented the pleasure quarters and created a number of geisha-related prints, and this mark likely represents the name of a geisha establishment.
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- Credit line
- Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
- Provenance
- Charles H. Mitchell (1910-1986), Tokyo; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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