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Woman with a Fan

ca. 1790s
Not on view
The woman (possibly Takashima Ohisa, the famously beautiful daughter of the proprietor of the Takashimaya tea and snack shop, judging from the “triple oak leaf” (mitsugashiwa) pattern on her skirt) pictured carries a fan depicting a man with a pipe reaching into his sleeve, likely a representation of the actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV playing the role of Gorobei the fishmonger. This may even be a direct reference to the contemporary Tōshūsai Sharaku depiction of the same, held by the Tokyo National Museum, acc. no. A-10569-472.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 栄松斎長喜画 団扇を持つ女
  • Title: Woman with a Fan
  • Artist: Eishōsai Chōki (Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: ca. 1790s
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Hashira-e; 23 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (58.7 × 10.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: JP1740
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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