id:			123177
accession number:	1943.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.4
updated:		2022-01-04 15:28:58.364000

Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara, 1799. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). Surimono; color woodblock print; sheet: 56.6 x 21 cm (22 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1943.4

title:				Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara
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creation date:			1799
creation date earliest:		1799
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Ralph King
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	Surimono; color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 56.6 x 21 cm (22 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Sori aratame Hokusai ga
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Surimono
	opening date:   1979-02-25T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Surimono</i>. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (February 25-March 25, 1979).

	title:		The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print
	opening date:   1988-08-09T04:00:00
	<i>The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 9-October 16, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Indiana University Art Museum, 1979: Art of the Surimono.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art Prints and Drawings Department, 1988: The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994: Ukiyo-e: The Floating World Revisited.<br>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); February 20 - May 6, 2003.<br>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); August 25 - December 2, 2003.

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
<em>Gomeirō</em> is another name for the fashionable teahouse Ōgi-ya (House of Fans) in the Yoshiwara district of Edo (present-day Tokyo). Two courtesans, each attended by a geisha and a <em>shinzō</em> (apprentice to a courtesan) view a full autumn moon as it rises over the surrounding paddy fields. The elegance of the women's flowing robes and the serenity of the evening with a full silver moon contribute to the poetic atmosphere of this <em>surimono</em>, a privately commissioned print usually accompanied by text—here, a poem, which reads:<br><br>What liveliness! Geisha, shinzō, and jesters <br>fill the room, all guests of the moon.
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