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The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses)
Utamarolate 1790s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses)
- Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
- Date Created: late 1790s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Carl Schraubstadter (sale: American Art Galleries, February 12, 1921, lot 778), (Yamanaka & Co.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.343
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: Utamaro hitsu Publisher: Omiya Gonkuro (Omiya, emblem)
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Gift from J. H. Wade
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1921.343
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