Courtesan Writing a Letter, 文を書く遊女図, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1715, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 19

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Courtesan Writing a Letter, 文を書く遊女図, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1715, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 19 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. ( × 60 cm), Paintings, Kaigetsudō Doshin (Japanese, active 1711–1736), Departing from the standard Kaigetsudō-atelier compositional formula of depicting courtesans standing and otherwise unoccupied, here Doshin depicts his subject seated and writing a letter, no doubt to a special client

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