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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)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.343
Location: Not on view
  • Unidentified French collection
    ?–1921
    Carl William Schraubstadter [1862–1947], New York, NY
    February 12, 1921
    (American Art Association, February 12, 1921 sale, lot 778)
    1921
    (Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1921–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 purple "Outamaro" stamp on verso
  • Japanese Hair Ornaments, Pouches and Toilet Articles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16-November 1, 1936).
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