Courtesan Reading Beside a Potted Plum Tree, from the series Seven Courtesans Compared to Daoist Immortals
early 1820s
Gakutei Harunobu
Gakutei Harunobu (Japanese, 1786(?)-1868)
Japanese Art
Courtesan Reading Beside a Potted Plum Tree, from the series Seven Courtesans Compared to Daoist Immortals, early 1820s. Gakutei Harunobu (Japanese, 1786(?)-1868). Color woodblock print (surimono); sheet: 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.524
- Maker/Artist
- Gakutei Harunobu
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color woodblock print (surimono)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 東都岳亭. [印] 定岡 Translation: Artist's signature: Toto Gakutei. Artist's seal: Sadaoka Inscription: 傾城見立列仙傳; 七番の內 Translation: Series title in cartouche on upper right: Keisei mitate ressenden. Subtitle: one of seven in a series (shichiban no uchi) Inscription: Poem by Mochizuki Kagenari 望月影成
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1920.524
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. H. Wade
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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