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Two Beauties

late 1700s–early 1800s

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾 重政

(Japanese, 1739–1819)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk
Measurements
Painting only: 104.8 x 15.5 cm (41 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 175.3 x 32.7 cm (69 x 12 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.274
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

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.

Two Beauties

late 1700s–early 1800s

Kitao Shigemasa

(Japanese, 1739–1819)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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