Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties
c. 1798
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japanese Art
Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties, c. 1798. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 33 x 22.3 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.219 Takigawa became the most senior courtesan of the Ōgiya following the retirement of Hanaōgi.
- Maker/Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 33 x 22.3 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: Utamaro hitsu
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1930.219
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
- Exhibitions
- Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection, Japanese Hair Ornaments, Pouches and Toilet Articles, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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