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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Courtesan

Courtesan

1716–1735
(Japanese)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
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.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.249
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • (Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan); Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith.
  • Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113); March 18 - July 13, 2004.
    A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
  • {{cite web|title=Courtesan|url=false|author=Matsuno Chikanobu|year=1716–1735|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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