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Osen Playing with a Cat Held by a Visitor to Her Tea Shop
ca. 1768-1770
One of the most celebrated beauties of Edo in the 1760s, Kasamori Osen was the subject of more than 40 designs by Harunobu before she eloped with a samurai in 1770. Osen worked as an assistant in a tea shop near the entrance to the Kasamori Inari Shrine in Edo's Yanaka district. Here, during a quiet moment at the shop, she teases a cat with the end of her obi (wide belt).
- Artist
- Suzuki Harunobu
- Title
- Osen Playing with a Cat Held by a Visitor to Her Tea Shop
- Date
- ca. 1768-1770
- Object Type
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in. (28.2 x 21.3 cm) Image: 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (26.6 x 21.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Katherine Ball Collection
- Accession Number
- 41.42.112
