Yaoya Oshichi looking at her sleeping lover, 1846

Courtesan yaoya oshichi throwing a paper wad over a blue folding screen, behind which her beloved kichisaburo sleeps. Poem in orange striped cartouche top left; above the folding screen a commentary on the performance. Label line: mentioned on object hiroshige (i) , utagawa (1797 - 1858), 1846, color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks collection: prints; japan (collection). Date: 1846. Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: blad Height: 337 mm (13.26 in) blad Width: 359 mm (14.13 in). Medium: paper.