Courtesan Reading a Letter
early 1800s
Teisai Hokuba
Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)
Japanese Art
Courtesan Reading a Letter, early 1800s. Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844), calligraphy by Ōta Nanpo (Japanese, 1749–1823). Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper; image: 156.8 x 165.4 cm (61 3/4 x 65 1/8 in.); overall: 175.2 x 183.5 cm (69 x 72 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.261
- Maker/Artist
- Hokuba
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 156.8 x 165.4 cm (61 3/4 x 65 1/8 in.); Overall: 175.2 x 183.5 cm (69 x 72 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: painting: Signed: Teisai. Sealed: Hokuba. calligraphy: Signed: Shokusanjin. Translation: Having been asked to stay over,/ I stayed on–and for a good reason:/ It's way past midnight [closing time in the Yoshiwara]/ And the lady is that (legendary implorer) Amagoi Komachi. Remark: Poem composed and written by Ōta Nanpo on the left panel
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.261
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235, <em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 12, 2004–April 10, 2005)., <em>Japanese Gallery 236 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 13–November 16, 2015).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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