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accession number:	1985.358
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Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase, mid-1740s. Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711–1785). Color woodblock print; overall: 69.5 x 16.5 cm (27 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.358

title:				Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase
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creation date:			mid-1740s
creation date earliest:		1743
creation date latest:		1747
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
copyright:			

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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

* Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711–1785)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 69.5 x 16.5 cm (27 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuen Toyonobu zu.
Artist Seal: Ishikawa Toyonobu.
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Mura).
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	inscription:	Collector's seal: Vever
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Estampes japonaises primitives tirées des collections de: mm. Bing, Blondeau, Bullier, comte de Camondo, Chialiva, m. &amp; mme. Curtis, J. Doucet, mme. Gillot, Haviland, Hubert, Isaac, Jacquin, R. Kœchlin, mme. Langweil, Manzi, Marteau, Migeon, G. Moreau, Mutiaux, du Pré de Saint-Maur, H. Rivière, A. Rouart, Léonce Rosenberg, Ch. Salomon, comte de Tressan, H. Vever, Vignier et exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en février 1909.</em> Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France (February 1909)', 'opening_date': '1909-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Later Japanese Rotation, Gallery 113</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-July 13, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-03-18T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Michel Manzi [1849-1915], Paris, France
	date: ?-1915
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	Henri Vever [1854–1942], France
	date: ?-1942
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	(Sotheby & Co., London, UK, March 26, 1974, part I, lot 30)
	date: March 26, 1974
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	(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
	date: 1974-?
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	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Vignier, Charles and Inada. <em>Estampes japonaises primitives tirées des collections de: mm. Bing, Blondeau, Bullier, comte de Camondo, Chialiva, m. &amp; mme. Curtis, J. Doucet, mme. Gillot, Haviland, Hubert, Isaac, Jacquin, R. Kœchlin, mme. Langweil, Manzi, Marteau, Migeon, G. Moreau, Mutiaux, du Pré de Saint-Maur, H. Rivière, A. Rouart, Léonce Rosenberg, Ch. Salomon, comte de Tressan, H. Vever, Vignier et exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en février 1909</em>. Paris: Ateliers photomécaniques D.A. Longuet, 1909.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 209, pl. XLIX
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	Sotheby's London. <em>Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I</em>. March 26, 1974.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 29, lot no. 30
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	Sotheby's London. <em>Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I</em>. March 26, 1974.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 48, lot no. 48
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