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hanging scroll, painting   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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hanging scroll, painting
Description
English: Painting, hanging scroll. Courtesan hitching up skirts slightly at front and walking forward; with under-kimono of yellow and black stripes; decoration of over-kimono divided diagonally into two separate designs, fishnets and reeds against black background and chrysanthemums against white. Ink, colour and gold on paper. Signed and sealed.



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Date between 1716 and 1744
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1716-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1744-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 164.50 centimetres (mount)
Height: 74 centimetres
Width: 50.50 centimetres (mount)
Width: 32.90 centimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Asia
Accession number
1901,0516,0.26
Notes

Clark 1992

Paintings of single figures of grand courtesans set against a plain background form a sizeable proportion of Choshun's 'oeuvre', sometimes with the woman standing looking back over one shoulder, sometimes, as here, hitching up her skirts slightly at the front and walking forward. The courtesan's under-kimono is of yellow and black stripes, while the decoration of the over-kimono is divided diagonally into two separate designs - fishnets and reeds against a black background and chrysanthemums against white.

The present work does not match the level of skill of Choshun's best paintings in terms of the line quality and details of the patterning. The impression of the 'Choshun no in' seal is very ragged around the edges (indeed, totally worn away in the corners), suggesting a later period in Choshun's career when one can imagine him enlisting the aid of pupils to meet the burgeoning demand for works of this 'standard' type.

Literature:

George Audsley, 'The Ornamental Arts of Japan', London, Sampson Low, 1882, pl. II.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1901-0516-0-26
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