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Nanchi in Autumn: After a Bath, no. 1 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters

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A woodblock print depicting a Japanese woman entertainer from the Osaka entertainment district of Nanchi. The female figure stands frontally, with her face slightly angled to the right and her gaze direct at the viewer. The figure wears a brown kimono decorated with white kanji characters. The kimono is pulled down over her right shoulder, exposing her right breast. The background is blank.
Department of Asian Art [Andre Bardega London & Brighton UK (by c. early 1980s)] sold; to [The Japanese Print Shop York UK (c. early 1980s)] sold; to Trevor Ward York UK (c. 1980s -2021) sold; to [The Japanese Print Shop York UK (2021-2022)] sold; to [Scholten Japanese Art New York (2022-2025)] sold; to Harvard Art Museums 2025. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
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Title: Nanchi in Autumn: After a Bath, no. 1 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters
Description:
A woodblock print depicting a Japanese woman entertainer from the Osaka entertainment district of Nanchi.
The female figure stands frontally, with her face slightly angled to the right and her gaze direct at the viewer.
The figure wears a brown kimono decorated with white kanji characters.
The kimono is pulled down over her right shoulder, exposing her right breast.
The background is blank.

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