Courtesan, 1700s. Studio of Kaigetsudō Ando (Japanese, c. 1671-1743). Hanging scroll; ink and color paper; overall: x cm (72 x 21 in.); overall: x cm (71 1/2 x 18 13/16 in.); painting only: x cm (37 11/16 x 14 in.); painting only: x cm (38 3/8 x 14 in.). Paintings of the courtesans who provided men with a sophisticated menu of appealing fashions, flattery, witty banter, music, dancing, and sexual services in the Yoshiwara district of the city of Edo (Tokyo) were the bread and butter of the Kaigetsud? studio, in whose style this work is painted. Their
Courtesan, 1700s. Studio of Kaigetsudō Ando (Japanese, c. 1671-1743). Hanging scroll; ink and color paper; overall: x cm (72 x 21 in.); overall: x cm (71 1/2 x 18 13/16 in.); painting only: x cm (37 11/16 x 14 in.); painting only: x cm (38 3/8 x 14 in.). Paintings of the courtesans who provided men with a sophisticated menu of appealing fashions, flattery, witty banter, music, dancing, and sexual services in the Yoshiwara district of the city of Edo (Tokyo) were the bread and butter of the Kaigetsud? studio, in whose style this work is painted. Their paintings emphasized bold, sweeping calligraphic ink lines in rendering the figures’ forms, along with high-contrast colors and patterns in their typically solitary subjects’ garments. Aside from the occasional prop or poem, the space around the dramatic figure was left entirely blank.
Size: 1257px × 3400px
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