Standing Courtesan (Translation)
美人図 江戸時代 宮川長春筆 紙本着色 (Primary Title)
hanging scroll (Portfolio Title)
Miyagawa Choshun 宮川長春, Japanese, 1682 - 1752 (Artist)
Miyagawa Choshun was an accomplished artist in the ukiyo-e style, depicting the new urban culture of Japan’s “floating world” with images of pleasure houses and fashionable courtesans. Here he gracefully renders a woman dressed in a formal kimono. Its layers of patterned garments are tied together in the front with a large sash, known as an obi. The woman’s expression is modest, and the family crest on her outer garment indicates her high-ranking status.
Ukiyo-e 浮世絵
Miyagawa School 宮川派
Edo period (1615-1868)
日本絵宮川長春畫 Nihonga Miyagawa Choshun
長春之印 Choshun no in
Inscribed with a waka poem
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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