
About the work
The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya is a color woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro, dated 1797 or 1798. It belongs to the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses. Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806) was a master of the Japanese woodblock print, best known for his portraits of women. He framed faces close up, with fine lines and soft colour, and his prints were collected in Europe from the 1860s on. The original is in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art.
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