Title: Courtesan with a Kitten
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: early 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868), probably Kyōhō era (1716–36)
Artist:  Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1671–1750
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 13 1/8 × 20 3/4 in. (33.4 × 52.8 cm)
Overall with mounting: 52 1/4 × 26 3/8 in. (132.7 × 67 cm)
Overall with knobs: 52 1/4 × 28 1/2 in. (132.7 × 72.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Sue Cassidy Clark, in honor of Barbara Brennan Ford, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY