The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters
c. mid 1780s
Location: Not on view
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This print is a play on the Chinese theme of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.Description
The courtesan standing at the center of this print holds a writing brush. She is identified by the fan in her left hand, which has a poem signed Hanaōgi, or Flower-Fan.- Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113); March 18 - July 13, 2004.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1022