Courtesans in an Iris Garden, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Image (each) : 15 ? 10 in. (38. 1 ? 25. 4 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese, active ca. 1783?95), This triptych recalls one of the most popular episodes from the tenth-century literary classic, the Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise), a series of poems on love and journeying accompanied by brief textual notes