Courtesan
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
painting only: 91.7 × 46 cm · including mounting: 170.2 × 67.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Worcester R. Warner Collection
Accession Number
1917.97
Tags
male
About this artwork
Kaigetsudō Doshin was one of five painters in a studio operating under Kaigetsudō Ando (about 1671–1743) in the Asakusa area of Edo (now Tokyo). The workshop specialized in portraits, like this one, of high-ranking courtesans of the Yoshiwara district. Characteristic of those works, this painting features strong ink delineation of the subject’s twisting form and bold patterns in the kimono, as well as the absence of any sort of setting.