The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 5, 2023

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gonpachi

c. 1868–1943

Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) to Shōwa period

(1926-89)

Color woodblock print

Sheet: 30.6 x 16.6 cm (12 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1943.41

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This unsigned work shows two actors portraying the "based on real events" story of ill-fated lovers. It may have been inspired by the work of print designer Kitagawa Utamaro on the same theme.

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1943.41