The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Courtesan Dreaming of her Childhood
c. 1770
Location: not on view
Description
This print depicts a courtesan dreaming about the time she was taken from her family to become a courtesan. The man leading the girl by the hand is probably escorting her to the Yoshiwara, the entertainment district in Edo. This format is called a pillar print, or hashira-e (literally, "pillar picture"). It is made by pasting two sheets together vertically to form a long, narrow picture, often hung as a decoration on the narrow support posts of the interior of Japanese houses.- J. H. Wade (Yamanaka and Company)
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 7 (1920): 109-10. Mentioned: p. 109 www.jstor.org
- Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".Japanese Hair Ornaments, Pouches and Toilet Articles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16-November 1, 1936).Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).
- {{cite web|title=Courtesan Dreaming of her Childhood|url=false|author=Suzuki Harunobu|year=c. 1770|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.516