蚊帳美人図, Woman Reading under a Mosquito Net, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1720, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 27 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (69.8 × 37.1 cm), Paintings, Fuhiken Tokikaze (active first half of the 18th century), A courtesan bedecked in gorgeous robes, decorated with waves, bamboo grass, gentian flowers (sasarindō), and other floral motifs, is seated just outside the mosquito net covering her sleeping area. With the net draped over her uncoiffed hair, she reads a long letter, no doubt from a wealthy patron, and the viewer is left to imagine what kind of news the message contains
Keywords:
蚊帳美人図, Woman Reading under, Mosquito Net, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1720, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, Image, 27 1/2, 14 5/8, 69.8, 37.1 cm, Paintings, Fuhiken Tokikaze, active first half of the 18th century, courtesan, bedecked, gorgeous robes, decorated, waves, bamboo grass, gentian flowers, sasarindō, floral motifs, seated, outside, mosquito net, covering, sleeping area, net draped, uncoiffed hair, reads, long letter, no doubt, wealthy patron, viewer, left, imagine, kind, news, message contains
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.