schema:description 11 | "tombstone: Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, c. 1793-97. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.356...(more)" |
schema:description | "id: 152539" |
schema:description | "creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith" |
schema:description | "measurements: Sheet: 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)" |
schema:description | "technique: Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper" |
schema:description | "digital_description: 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....(more)" |
schema:description | "culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)" |
schema:description | "wall_description: Former text: Takigawa was a well-known courtesan of the famous Ogiya geisha house in the Yoshiwara district of Edo (now Tokyo), which was popular during the 1790s....(more)" |
schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
schema:description | "type: Print" |
schema:description | "inscription: Signature: Toyokuni ga
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Senichi han)
Censorship Seal: kiwame" |