Japanese woodblock print: a standing woman in white looks down at a sleeping attendant in pink and green on the floor, beside a screen with plum blossoms.

A Courtesan Catching Her Attendant Sleeping

A woman in a loose white robe stands at right, glancing down at an attendant who lies asleep on the floor at lower left, dressed in pink and green patterned silk. Beside them a folding screen with a painted plum branch and a lattice-patterned panel frames the room in soft color woodblock printing.

Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Date: c. 1766/68
Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2216 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1773).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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A Courtesan Catching Her Attendant Sleeping

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