Shirabyōshi Dancer and Female Servant; Courtesan and Girl Attendant, 白拍子・遊女図, Edo period (1615–1868), mid-18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll paintings, remounted as a two panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image (each): 45 in. × 16 1/2 in. (114.3 × 41.9 cm), Screens, Tsukioka Settei (Japanese, 1710–1786), The golden courtier’s cap worn by the women on the right indicates that she is a shirabyōshi, and, as such, she who would have performed an old form of seductive courtly dance in which the women wore male costume
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Shirabyōshi Dancer, Female Servant, Courtesan, Attendant, 白拍子・遊女図, Edo period, 1615–1868, mid-18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll paintings, remounted, two panel folding screen, ink, color, gold, silk, Image, 45, 16 1/2, 114.3, 41.9 cm, Screens, Tsukioka Settei, Japanese, 1710–1786, golden, courtier, cap, worn, women, right indicates, shirabyōshi, performed, old form, seductive courtly, dance, women wore, male, costume
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