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Courtesan
Kaigetsudō Doshinearly 1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Courtesan
- Creator: Kaigetsudō Doshin (Japanese, active 1711–1736)
- Date Created: early 1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Painting only: 91.7 x 46 cm (36 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 170.2 x 67.3 cm (67 x 26 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Purchased with funds from Worcester R. Warner [1846–1929] and Cornelia Blakemore Warner [1858–1947] by Langdon Warner [1881–1955], as agent of the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.97
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Original Title: 太夫図
- Inscriptions: Signed: Japanese painting for amusement, this was painted by Doshin, the last leaf of Kaigetsu (Nihon giga Kaigetsu matsuyo Doshin kore [o] zu [su]) Sealed: Ando
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Worcester R. Warner Collection
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1917.97
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