Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

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Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

Utagawa ToyokuniLinkedCulture matchlcp-7fb54014fdbe

Date
c. 1793–97
Medium
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
152539

Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. The entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone.

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The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Provenance
Louis Gonse | ?–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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