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Courtesan
Matsuno Chikanobu (Japanese)1716-1735
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
A glamorous courtesan sports an outer robe decorated with large roundels featuring plant motifs including iris and bush clover. Little is known about the life and artistic training of the painter Matsuno Chikanobu, an ukiyo-e artist who painted in a style strongly reminiscent of that of the Kaigetsudō studio. Many of his known paintings are on silk, and executed with high quality pigments, indicating that his primary clientele were wealthy individuals.
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- Title: Courtesan
- Creator: Matsuno Chikanobu (Japanese)
- Date Created: 1716-1735
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 179.1 x 58.5 cm (70 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.); Overall: 177.8 x 52.7 cm (70 x 20 3/4 in.); Painting only: 91 x 35.5 cm (35 13/16 x 14 in.); Painting only: 91.8 x 39.6 cm (36 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan); Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.249
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1985.249
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