Collection Online as of December 9, 2023
Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters
青楼志知賢女
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川 春章
(Japanese, 1726–1792)
(1615-1868)
Color woodblock print
Sheet: 24.8 x 36.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1022
Location
not on view
Description
The courtesan standing at the center of this print holds a writing brush. She is identified by the fan in her left hand, which has a poem signed Hanaōgi, or Flower-Fan.