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Courtesan with a Letter in Her Mouth by Chôbunsai Eishi — VisualArtsDB

Courtesan with a Letter in Her Mouth

Courtesan with a Letter in Her Mouth

Chôbunsai Eishi

1756–1815

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 32 1/16 × 10 3/16 in. (81.4 × 25.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 65 1/2 × 14 5/16 in. (166.4 × 36.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 65 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (166.4 × 41.9 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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