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Courtesan with Fan and Koto by Chôbunsai Eishi — VisualArtsDB

Courtesan with Fan and Koto

Courtesan with Fan and Koto

Chôbunsai Eishi

1767–1799

Medium: Hanging scroll; color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 34 9/16 × 10 15/16 in. (87.8 × 27.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 68 1/8 × 15 1/4 in. (173 × 38.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 68 5/8 × 17 3/8 in. (174.3 × 44.1 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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