Title: Courtesan Writing a Letter
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 1715
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kaigetsudō Doshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 1711–1736
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 19 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. (49.5 × 60 cm)
Overall with mounting: 53 × 28 13/16 in. (134.6 × 73.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Writing