The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses)
late 1790s
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japanese Art
The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses), late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.343
- Maker/Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: Utamaro hitsu Publisher: Omiya Gonkuro (Omiya, emblem)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1921.343
- Credit Line
- Gift from J. H. Wade
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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