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Collection Online as of May 30, 2023

Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu)

c. mid 1820s

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞

(Japanese, 1786–1865)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print

Sheet: 37.5 x 23.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.711

Location

not on view

Description

The image of a horse emerging from a gourd in the upper-right corner alludes to the story of the Daoist immortal Chokaro. It was a popular subject of otsu-e folk paintings.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signature: Oko (konomi ni ojite) Kunisada ga Publisher: Iseya Rihei (emblem) Censorship Seal: kiwame

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.711