Courtesan
1804
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1804
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Courtesan is a 1804 unspecified by Gion Seitoku, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This narrow hanging scroll shows a woman sitting sideways, holding a fan. She wears a fancy kimono with soft gray and gold patterns. Her hair is high and decorated. This style of painting was made for small spaces, like pillars or walls. It’s part of the Edo period, when Japan shut its doors to most foreigners. Artists like Seitoku painted scenes of daily life and beauty. It’s in The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This narrow hanging scroll, known as a pillar painting, is similar to the format of Shigemasa’s Two Beauties (see CMA 1985.274 ).
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