Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles
c. 1797
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japanese Art
Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles, c. 1797. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 37.6 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.359 In this tricky print, one must decode the small pictures in the rectangle at the upper left corner to learn the identity of the subject of the print: a woman whose name means "Flower Fan," her place of work called the "House of Fans," and what she is doing—emerging from a mosquito net.
- Maker/Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 37.6 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Matsumuraya Yahei (emblem). Inscription: Collector's Seal: Vever
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.359
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017, <em>Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art Education Department, Cleveland, OH, 1980
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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