The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)

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The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)

Kitagawa UtamaroLinkedCulture matchlcp-39e686abde8d

Date
1797 or 1798
Medium
color woodblock print
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
152545

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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 Woman Drying Her Hands [1930.219]) illustrates how pose, gesture, and clothing can suggest different moods for the same individual.

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Credit line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Provenance
?-1942: Henri Vever [1854–1942], France | March 24, 1977: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, UK, March 24, 1977, part III, lot 159) | 1977-?: (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) | ?-1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1985-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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