In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Legend has it that Chinese beauty Ling Zhaonu, whose name is pronounced Rei Shōjo in Japanese, was a model of devotion to her parents. She put great effort into selling baskets made by her elderly father, a devout Buddhist, thereby keeping the family afloat financially. The verse on the painting relates her story, and was inscribed by a Zen monk.
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Bokkei Saiyo (Japanese, 1415–1473) — Fish Basket Kannon (Gyo
Kano Tanbi|Li Gonglin
Tang Yin|Unidentified artist
Tsukioka Sessai|Giuseppe Castiglione
Chōbunsai Eishi
Li Gonglin|Unidentified artist — 元 佚名 仕女像 軸|Portrait of a La
Tōshūsai Sharaku
Kitagawa Utamaro — 歌撰恋之部 夜毎に逢恋|A Young Woman Reading A Lette
Hosoda Eishi — A Courtesan Reading a Letter
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro — 「扇屋内花扇図」|The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgi
Hakuin Ekaku (Japanese, 1685–1768) — Figure of a Woman