Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters

Katsukawa ShunshōLinkedCulture matchlcp-78ef94f51c9d

Date
c. mid 1780s
Medium
color woodblock print
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
118823

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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. This print is a play on the Chinese theme of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.

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Bequest of James Parmelee

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