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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
ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition 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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