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Courtesan Hatsuito of a brothel named Yamashiroya is likened to autumnal bush clover in this series comparing the qualities of courtesans to flowers. Hatsuito ties her servant’s obi sash while a gibbon emerges from a painting in the room’s viewing alcove to offer a love letter on which Hatsuito’s name appears. Gibbons reaching in vain for the moon’s reflection in water is a common metaphor for the deluded mind, and bush clover in moonlight is a popular seasonal motif. Here, the ideas are combined as the gibbon woos this unattainable beauty.
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95404
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Hatsuito of the Yamashiroya Likened to Bush Clover, from Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers
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95404
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print
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Hatsuito of the Yamashiroya Likened to Bush Clover, from Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers
description
Courtesan Hatsuito of a brothel named Yamashiroya is likened to autumnal bush clover in this series comparing the qualities of courtesans to flowers. Hatsuito ties her servant’s obi sash while a gibbon emerges from a painting in the room’s viewing alcove to offer a love letter on which Hatsuito’s name appears. Gibbons reaching in vain for the moon’s reflection in water is a common metaphor for the deluded mind, and bush clover in moonlight is a popular seasonal motif. Here, the ideas are combined as the gibbon woos this unattainable beauty.
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1769–70
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en
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Q79476826
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23415
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Print
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Sheet: 28.7 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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1916.1157
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color woodblock print
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Hatsuito of the Yamashiroya Likened to Bush Clover, from Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (浮世美人寄花内 山城屋初糸 萩), 1769–70. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770). Color woodblock print; sheet: 28.7 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1157
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浮世美人寄花内 山城屋初糸 萩
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Japanese Art
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Signature: Harunobu ga
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:06:57.798000
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95404
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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color woodblock print
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