Woodblock print

Description

Colour woodblock print, depicting the courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya with a companion, with a poem by Yodono Sogyu: by Chōkōsai Eishō, Japan, c. 1800

Museum reference

K.1999.477

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Chokosai Eisho, 1793 - 1800 (fl.), Artist
Japan, East Asia
Yodono Sogyu, Poet
Yoshinoya Katsugoro, Publisher

Date

c. 1800

Style / Culture

Japanese

Materials

Paper, Ink

Associations

Previous owner: Reid, Alexander, 1854 - 1928
Henry, George, 1858 - 1943
Hornel, Edward Atkinson, 1864 - 1933
Depicted: Hana-ogi

Exhibitions

• Mr Hornel and Mr Henry Visit Japan (1978)
  Glasgow Art Gallery