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Courtesan and Attendant

18th century
Miyagawa Chôshun
Image: 77.1 x 38.3 cm (30 3/8 x 15 1/16 in.) Lender accessory (Box): 86.4 x 12.7 cm (34 x 5 in.) Overall: mounting height 165.5 cm (65 3/16 in.), mounting width including jiku 54 cm (21 1/4 in.)
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

Classification: Paintings

Culture: Japanese

Period: Edo period

Accession number: 2009.3998

Provenance/Ownership History: 1956, gift of Sumitomo Kichizaemon, Osaka to Howard Hibbett, Arlington, MA; 2009, gift of Howard Hibbett to the MFA. (Accession date: September 16, 2009)

Gift of Howard Hibbett