Courtesan
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1830
name: label: Artist
content: Keisei Eisen, Japanese, 1790 – 1848
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Covered from head to toe is this well-dressed woman looking back at the viewer. Combs fill her hair, which signals her high ranked status as a courtesan. Each of her kimono layers is decorated with various floral motifs. Her black obi is adorned with floating clouds and compliments the black and yellow ensemble that is being balanced on her head. Above her is a little hand mirror acting as a window into an ocean view. Giant white sails and treetops take over the view into another landscape. On the right side contains various groupings of calligraphy.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-147
objectType: label: Type
content: theater
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper