The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll

1753–1806

after Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 35 x 22.3 cm (13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1038
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1940
    James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard. "The Bequest of James Parmelee." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15-27. Mentioned: p. 19 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll|url=false|author=Kitagawa Utamaro|year=1753–1806|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1038