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Returning Sails (Takigawa no kihan): The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ōgiya, from the series Eight Views with the Names of Beauties of Yoshiwara
Returning Sails (Takigawa no kihan): The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ōgiya, from the series Eight Views with the Names of Beauties of Yoshiwara

Returning Sails (Takigawa no kihan): The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ōgiya, from the series Eight Views with the Names of Beauties of Yoshiwara

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Datelate 1770s
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical aiban; overall: 12 11/16 × 9 in. (32.2 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioEight Views with the Names of Beauties of Green Houses (Seiro bijin yosena hakkei)
Object number1950.291
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
Summer Asia Institute Exhibition
  • Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University (June 24, 1959 - July 30, 1959 )
An American University Collection: Works of Art from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
  • Kenwood House, London (May 3, 1962 - October 30, 1962 )
When Words Meet Pictures: East Asian Painting and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1994 - November 15, 1994 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Collections
  • Asian
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