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Furuichi Dance at the Hisagataya
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About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFuruichi Dance at the Hisagataya, mid 1820s. Gakutei Harunobu (Japanese, 1786(?)–1868). Second of a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; sheet: 21.3 x 18.8 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1921.332
