Courtesan
Courtesan

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Courtesan

Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎北馬, 1771–1844

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1946-412

Information

Title
Courtesan
Maker
Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎北馬
Medium

Brush drawing on paper

Dimensions

image: 37.5 x 26.5 cm. (14 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
sheet: 46 x 33.8 cm. (18 1/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
mat: 48.7 x 36.2 cm. (19 3/16 x 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

Object Number
x1946-412
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Marks/Labels/Seals

In graphite on verso: No. 63 / 2081 / (stamped 420)

Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
drawings
Subject
women, courtesans, figures (representations), deer

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