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Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters
Katsukawa Shunshōc. mid 1780s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The courtesan standing at the center of this print holds a writing brush. She is identified by the fan in her left hand, which has a poem signed Hanaōgi, or Flower-Fan.
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- Title: Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters
- Creator: Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726-1792)
- Date Created: c. mid 1780s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 24.8 x 36.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1022
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Original Title: 青楼志知賢女
- Inscriptions: Signature: Shunsho ga Artist Seal: kakihan
- Fun Fact: This print is a play on the Chinese theme of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Bequest of James Parmelee
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1940.1022
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