Standing Portrait of a Courtesan
Titles
- 遊女立姿図
- Yūjo tachisugata no zu
Artist
Kaigetsudö Ando
(Japanese, active early 18th century)
Dateca. 1705-1710
GeographyJapan
GeographyJapan
Mediumhanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper
DimensionsScroll: 71 × 16 5/8 in. (180.3 × 42.2 cm)
Box: 17 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. (44.5 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Box: 17 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. (44.5 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchase, 1956 (2238.1)
Object number2238.1
DescriptionFigure of a courtesan standing & facing right, 3/4 face, barefoot. Hair combed straight back from forehead, perpendicular roll on back of head, with wing-like projection of hair below. Three layers of kimonos show around neck. Inner one white; middle orange re with flower & tie dye designs in white; outer layer has light ground large designs of blue.------------------------------------------------------cam 08/29/13
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late 18th-early 19th Century
Kaigetsudō Dohan
20th century
