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The Courtesan Takihime and Attendants (from the series New Patterns of Young Greens)

1795

Chōbunsai Eishi

(Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 38.8 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.363
Location: Not on view

Description

The designs on Takihime’s outer robe describes fragments of scenery—bridge, castle, wind-filled sails amid clouds—while her attendants’ robes are more conventionally decorated with scattered flowers. The tassels on their sleeves were worn only by young girls. All three wear the triple-fan crest of the Ogiya ("House of Fans") tea house on the shoulders of their kimono. The cartouche in the upper-right corner of the print identifies the series title and time of year. It is New Year, the same season depicted in Engetsudo’s scroll Courtesan and Attendants (see 1985.255). Courtesans strolling through the streets with their attendants were common sights during evening hours in the Yoshiwara.
  • Hayashi Collection
    unknown Paris Collection (sale: Walpole Galleries, January 20, 1921, lot 131)
    (Yamanaka & Co.)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art: Ukiyo-e: The Floating World Revisited, 1994.
    Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).
    Cleveland Museum of Art: Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages, 1981.
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