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The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)
Utamaro1797 or 1798
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Takigawa, one of the most famous Yoshiwara courtesans at the Ogiya brothel, is shown here after her bath. Comparing this print with the other portrait of Takigawa by Utamaro (see <em>Woman Drying Her Hands</em> [1930.219]) illustrates how pose, gesture, and clothing can suggest different moods for the same individual.
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- Title: The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)
- Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
- Date Created: 1797 or 1798
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 38.9 x 25.5 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Henri Vever [1854–1942], France, (Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, UK, March 24, 1977, part III, lot 159), (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.361
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: shomei Utamaro hitsu, Publisher: Sensa, Collector's Seal: Vever
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1985.361
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