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The Courtesan Karagoto of the Chojiya House Leaning on an Instrument Case, from the series Courtesans Representing the Seven Aspects of the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi
The Courtesan Karagoto of the Chojiya House Leaning on an Instrument Case, from the series Courtesans Representing the Seven Aspects of the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi

The Courtesan Karagoto of the Chojiya House Leaning on an Instrument Case, from the series Courtesans Representing the Seven Aspects of the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1754–1806)
Dateca. 1805
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 15 3/8 × 10 3/8 in. (39 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioCourtesans Representing the Seven Aspects of the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi (Yukun nanakomachi)
Object number1950.416
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
Forty-eight Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN ( 1954-02 - 1954-02 )
  • University of the South, Sewannee, TN ( 1954-03 - 1954-03 )
A College Collects: Japanese Prints from Oberlin College
  • Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (September 25, 1960 - October 15, 1960 )
  • Hollins College, Hollins, VA (November 5, 1960 - November 25, 1960 )
  • Public Library of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC (December 9, 1960 - December 29, 1960 )
  • Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN (January 12, 1961 - February 2, 1961 )
  • Port Arthur Service League, Port Arthur, TX (March 20, 1961 - April 10, 1961 )
  • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (April 23, 1961 - May 15, 1961 )
  • Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA (October 6, 1961 - October 26, 1961 )
  • Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (November 8, 1961 - November 29, 1961 )
  • State University of New York, Oswego, NY (January 14, 1962 - February 4, 1962 )
  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (March 23, 1962 - April 13, 1962 )
  • Wichita Art Museum, Wichitia, KS (September 6, 1962 - September 26, 1962 )
  • Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL (October 16, 1962 - November 6, 1962 )
  • University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (November 20, 1962 - December 11, 1962 )
Japanese Print Exhibition
  • Carleton College Art Department (April 21, 1965 - May 9, 1965 )
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection, Oberlin College
  • Mansfield Fine Arts Guild, Mansfield, OH (November 7, 1965 - November 28, 1965 )
Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 20, 1986 - July 20, 1986 )
Poetic Form: Selections from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 25, 1993 - July 18, 1993 )
Asian Art and the Allen: American Collectors in the Early 20th Century
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 19, 2014 - July 12, 2015 )
Collections
  • Asian
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