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Jul 25, 2014
Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles
Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles
c. 1797
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
(1615-1868)
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 37.6 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.359
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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.
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