The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 22, 2026

A vertically oriented woodblock print on tan paper depicts a woman with pale skin from the chest up, head turned left. Her voluminous black hair is pierced by numerous long, pale pins. She wears a layered tan and green patterned robe over pink, holding a long, thin pipe. Overlapping papers appear in the upper left. A limited palette of tan and muted colors shades the background, marked by black characters and seals.

Portrait of a Courtesan Holding a Pipe (from the series The Six Immortal Poets in Modern Dress)

mid 1790s

Chōbunsai Eishi

(Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 38.2 x 25.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1044
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1044