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Image Not Available for Okita of the Naniwaya Studying Her Face in a Hand Mirror
Okita of the Naniwaya Studying Her Face in a Hand Mirror
Image Not Available for Okita of the Naniwaya Studying Her Face in a Hand Mirror

Okita of the Naniwaya Studying Her Face in a Hand Mirror

Date1795-96
Label TextThe teahouse waitress in this print occupied the in-between realm of an "unregistered" sex worker who might simply serve tea and snacks but might also agree to requests for assignations. By the 1790s, this type of woman was increasingly common even in the licensed pleasure quarters of the Yoshiwara, making it easier for men to satisfy their desires at cut-rate costs. --Catherine Roche, Curatorial Associate, 2010
Object number2017.23.7
ProvenanceCollection of Henri Vever (1854-1942), France; [Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I, Mar. 26, 1974, lot no. 204]; Huguette Berès (1914-1999), Paris, France; [Sotheby’s, Paris, Collection Huguette Berès, Estampes, Dessins et Livres Illustres Japonais, Nov. 27, 2002, lot no. 54, reproduced p. 70]; purchased at auction by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2002; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 22, reproduced p. 45 and title page. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Legends, Tales, Poetry: Visual Narrative in Japanese Art, Dec. 22, 2012 - July 21, 2013. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Renegade Edo: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec, July 21 - Dec. 3, 2023. Text by Xiaojin Wu. No cat. no., p. 100.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Hands inside the Sleeves (Futokorode), from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places (Meisho koshikake hakkei)
ca. 1795-96
Object number: 2017.23.6
Image Not Available for A Young Girl with Her Client
A Young Girl with Her Client
ca. 1710s
Object number: 2011.40.1
Image Not Available for A Sex Worker and Client Watched by Her Attendant
A Sex Worker and Client Watched by Her Attendant
ca. 1710
Object number: 2011.40.2
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-33
Object number: 2010.47.2
Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.3
Image Not Available for The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.4
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Poem of Ariwara no Narihira (Ariwara no Narihira Ason)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.5
Image Not Available for The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.6
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
In the Well of the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-32
Object number: 2009.71
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Yoshida on the Tōkaidō, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.1
Photo: Scott Leen
Confronting the Cherry Spirit
1834
Object number: 85.220