id:			118813
accession number:	1940.1014
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1014
updated:		2025-02-09 00:30:21.499000

The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu of the Tamaya Promenading in the Rain, c. early 1830s. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865). Color woodblock print; left: 37.8 x 26.1 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.); right: 38.2 x 25.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1014

title:				The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu of the Tamaya Promenading in the Rain
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creation date:			c. early 1830s
creation date earliest:		1830
creation date latest:		1834
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creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)  - artist

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measurements: Left: 37.8 x 26.1 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.); Right: 38.2 x 25.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's signature: Gototei Kunisada ga.
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	inscription:	Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (emblem). 
Censorship seal: kiwame.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Edward L. Whittemore [1862–1930], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1940
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1940–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15–31.
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

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