Courtesan Reading Beside a Potted Plum Tree, from the series Seven Courtesans Compared to Daoist Immortals

Yashima Gakuteiearly 1820s

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Title: Courtesan Reading Beside a Potted Plum Tree, from the series Seven Courtesans Compared to Daoist Immortals
Creator: Gakutei Harunobu (Japanese, 1786(?)-1868)
Date Created: early 1820s
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Provenance: (Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to Mr. J. H. Wade), J. H. Wade [1857-1926], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.524
Medium: color woodblock print (surimono)
Inscriptions: 東都岳亭. [印] 定岡, 傾城見立列仙傳; 七番の內, Poem by Mochizuki Kagenari 望月影成
Department: Japanese Art
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Credit Line: Gift of J. H. Wade
Collection: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1920.524

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