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Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

c. 1793-97

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川 豊国

(Japanese, 1769–1825)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sheet: 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.356

Location

not on view

Description

Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. The entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signature: Toyokuni ga Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Senichi han) Censorship Seal: kiwame

Provenance
Louis Gonse
Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.

Later Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 113); December 4, 2203 - March 18, 2004.

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.356