DISCOVERART

Katsukawa Shunsho

"Ta": Purification Ceremony to Remove the Pains of Love, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
22.7 × 15.9 cm (8.9 × 6.3 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

View at artic.edu ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Katsukawa Shunsho

Dancer with a Maple BranchDancer with a Maple Branch"Ku," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)""Ku," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade PCourtesans of the Okaneya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2Courtesans of the Okaneya, from the book "Mirror of BeautifuThree Beauties Chatting by a VerandaThree Beauties Chatting by a VerandaThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play NanaThe Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Oiso no Tora or Kewaizaka no Shosho, Disguised as a Female Komusu (?), in the Play Yui Kanoko Date-zome Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1774 (?)The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Oiso no Tora or Kewaizaka no ShosYang GuifeiYang GuifeiFour courtesans of various houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3Four courtesans of various houses, from the book "Mirror of

More like this

Fidelity (Shin), from the series Five Cardinal VirtuesSuzuki Harunobu — Fidelity (Shin), from the series Five CardGoten Hill (Gotenyama), from the series "Famous Places for Flowers in the Eastern Capital (Toto hana meisho)"Kitao Masanobu — Goten Hill (Gotenyama), from the series "FaHanakago, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"Tsukioka Kôgyo — Hanakago, from the series "Pictures of No PMeeting on the River (parody of Hakurakuten)Suzuki Harunobu — Meeting on the River (parody of HakurakuteJapanese poetry, from the series "Three Classical Arts for the Sugawara Circle (Sugawara sanseki)"Yashima Gakutei — Japanese poetry, from the series "Three ClReading and Playing Shamisen in WinterUtagawa Toyokuni I — Reading and Playing Shamisen in WinterThe Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"Torii Kiyonaga — The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Six IThe Noji Jewel River in Omi Province (Omi Noji), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in the Various Provinces (Shokoku Mu Tamagawa)"Utagawa Hiroshige — The Noji Jewel River in Omi Province (OmThe Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"Kitao Masanobu — The Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, fKameyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"Katsushika Hokusai — Kameyama, from the series "Fifty-three Sumida River, from vol. 1 of the illustrated book "Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Toto shokei ichiran)"Katsushika Hokusai — Sumida River, from vol. 1 of the illustYoung Couple on a VerandaTorii Kiyotsune — Young Couple on a Veranda