The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 18, 2026

A vertically oriented woodblock print depicts three women with light skin tones leaning over a wooden balcony. Occupying the central area, they wear patterned kimonos in black, green, and purple, looking down toward an umbrella among pink blossoms. To our top right, a lantern hangs beside vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy. A grid-patterned screen forms the background, while a decorative floral border runs across the top edge.

Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime

1753–1806

after Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 36.9 x 24.8 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1037
Location: Not on view
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1037