Courtesan

Keisai Eisenearly to mid-1800s

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Title: Courtesan
Creator: Ikeda Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848)
Date Created: early to mid-1800s
Physical Dimensions: Painting only: 113.7 x 42.3 cm (44 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Provenance: (Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.253
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Inscriptions: artist's signature and seal, lower right.
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: 1985.253

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