Furuichi Dance at the Hisagataya (mid 1820s): Art, History and Details
Furuichi Dance at the Hisagataya at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid 1820s, second of a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Furuichi Dance at the Hisagataya (mid 1820s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Gakutei Harunobu (Japanese, 1786(?)–1868).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
A surimono is a print in which an image is combined with poetry to celebrate a special event. This print shows the poet Hisagataya dancing with a troupe of geisha at a teahouse in the town of Furuichi near Ise.
Object facts
- Title: Furuichi Dance at the Hisagataya
- Date: mid 1820s
- Creator attribution: Gakutei Harunobu (Japanese, 1786(?)–1868)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Type: Print
- Technique: second of a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Sheet: 21.3 x 18.8 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Department: Japanese Art
- Accession number: 1921.332
Collection credit
Gift from J. H. Wade
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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