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Courtesan

Courtesan

early 1700s
(Japanese, active 1711–1736)
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.)
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • 1917
    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
    1917–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Vilbar, Sinéad. "The Japanese Art Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915-1951." In Great Waves & Mountains: Perspectives and Discoveries in Collecting the Arts of Japan. Natsu Oyobe, and Allysa B. Peyton, eds., 160–197. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2022. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 167–168, fig. 7.6
  • Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).
    Japanese Rotation (Gallery 236). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 13–November 16, 2015).
    Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18–July 13, 2004).
    Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (organizer) (March 25-April 22, 1979).
  • {{cite web|title=Courtesan|url=false|author=Kaigetsudō Doshin|year=early 1700s|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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