Two Beauties
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1819)
late 1700s–early 1800s
Medium
hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk
Dimensions
painting only: 104.8 × 15.5 cm · including mounting: 175.3 × 32.7 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Accession Number
1985.274
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Shigemasa favored using colors in broad opaque masses, as seen here in the beauties’ robes. He was a painter, printmaker, and poet, specializing in courtesan and actor prints. The format of this hanging scroll or "pillar painting" allows for the work to be hung on a pillar in a Japanese home.