The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 18, 2026

A vertically oriented print on tan paper depicts four people with light skin tones. Centrally, a woman in a tan, patterned kimono stands looking down. To her right, a man in a blue polka-dotted robe gazes upward. Lower left, a seated youth and a woman's head are visible. Japanese calligraphy marks the upper corners. At the base, stylized golden clouds float against a blue ground.

Oshichi and Kichisaburo (from the series Music on the Theme of Constancy in Love)

c. 1800

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 36.6 x 24.5 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.352
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1921
    Jacquin Collection, Paris, France, consigned to Walpole Galleries for sale
    January 20, 1921
    (The Walpole Galleries, New York, NY, 1921 sale, lot 680)
    1921
    (Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1921–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 3-October 19, 1980).
    Vincent Van Gogh. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 25-April 19, 1936).
    Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).
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