Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles
Medium
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
37.6 × 25.4 cm
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Accession Number
1985.359
Tags
male
About this artwork
In this tricky print, one must decode the small pictures in the rectangle at the upper left corner to learn the identity of the subject of the print: a woman whose name means "Flower Fan," her place of work called the "House of Fans," and what she is doing—emerging from a mosquito net.