id: 103273 accession number: 1921.343 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.343 updated: 2020-11-04 19:29:46.832000 The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses), late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.343 title: The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1790s creation date earliest: 1797 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Gift from J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: color woodblock print department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?-1806) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Utamaro hitsu Publisher: Omiya Gonkuro (Omiya, emblem) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Hair Ornaments, Pouches and Toilet Articles opening date: 1936-10-16T04:00:00 Japanese Hair Ornaments, Pouches and Toilet Articles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16-November 1, 1936). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Carl Schraubstadter (sale: American Art Galleries, February 12, 1921, lot 778) date: footnotes: citations: (Yamanaka & Co.) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.343/1921.343_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.343/1921.343_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.343/1921.343_full.tif