Title: Courtesan with a Letter in Her Mouth
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1756–1815
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Chōbunsai Eishi 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1756–1829
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 32 1/16 × 10 3/16 in. (81.4 × 25.9 cm)
Overall with mounting: 65 1/2 × 14 5/16 in. (166.4 × 36.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 65 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (166.4 × 41.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women