柳下美人図, Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree, Unchō, 1796

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柳下美人図, Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree, Edo period (1615–1868), 1796, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, 36 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. ( x 34 cm), Paintings, Unchō (Japanese, active late 18th century), Inscribed by Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) (Japanese, 1761–1816), Inscribed by Kyokutei Bakin (1767–1848), A high-ranking courtesan (oiran), accompanied by her teenage apprentice (shinzō) and two child attendants (kamuro), promenade beneath a weeping willow in the spring. While the identity of the artist who signs himself “Unchō” has yet to be determined, we may assume that he received his art name from the ukiyo-e artist Katsukawa Shunchō

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