1824
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Courtesan Meizan of the Chojiya on a Balcony Overlooking the Sumida River is a 1824 by Kikukawa Eizan, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a woman standing on a balcony, looking out over a river. She's dressed in a long, patterned robe with a black sash around her waist. Her hair is styled in an updo with long, thin strands hanging down. In the background, you can see a river with boats and a cityscape on the other side. The woman seems to be enjoying the view. If you're interested in learning more about Japanese art from this period, you might want to check out the work of Kikukawa Eizan.
Kikukawa Eizan was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. He first studied with his father, Eiji, a minor painter of the Kanō school, and subsequently with Suzuki Nanrei (1775–1844), of the Shijō…
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