Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters

Description

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.

Provenance

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Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters

Katsukawa Shunshō

c. mid 1780s

Accession Number

1940.1022

Medium

color woodblock print

Dimensions

Sheet: 24.8 x 36.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of James Parmelee