The Lovers Ohan and Choemon (from the series Joruri Ballads in the Tokiwazu and Tomimoto Styles)
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806) · early or mid 1800s · color woodblock print
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About this picture
The Lovers Ohan and Choemon (from the series Joruri Ballads in the Tokiwazu and Tomimoto Styles) is a CC0 illustration by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806), dated early or mid 1800s. Color woodblock print. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Lovers Ohan and Choemon (from the series Joruri Ballads in the Tokiwazu and Tomimoto Styles)” (early or mid 1800s) is a woodblock design by Utamaro, usually a half-length portrait of a woman. Another museum may hold a different impression of the same block.
About the artist
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) designed ukiyo-e portraits of women. The prints are woodblocks, so more than one impression of a design usually exists.
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