id:			118840
accession number:	1940.1038
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1038
updated:		2025-02-09 00:30:36.441000

Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll, 1753–1806. After Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 35 x 22.3 cm (13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1038

title:				Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll
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creation date:			1753–1806
creation date earliest:		1753
creation date latest:		1806
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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

* Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 35 x 22.3 cm (13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Utamaro fude
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, 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

	Hollis, Howard. "The Bequest of James Parmelee."<em> The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15-27.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 19
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

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IMAGES

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