Courtesan Writing a Letter, 文を書く遊女図, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1715, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 19 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. (49.5 × 60 cm), Paintings, Kaigetsudō Doshin (Japanese, active 1711–1736), Departing from the standard Kaigetsudō-atelier compositional formula of depicting courtesans standing and otherwise unoccupied, here Doshin depicts his subject seated and writing a letter, no doubt to a special client
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Courtesan, Writing, Letter, 文を書く遊女図, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1715, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, paper, Image, 19 1/2, 23 5/8, 49.5, 60 cm, Paintings, Kaigetsudō Doshin, Japanese, active, 1711–1736, Departing, standard Kaigetsudō-atelier compositional, formula, depicting courtesans, standing, otherwise unoccupied, Doshin depicts, subject seated, writing, letter, no doubt, special client
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