Standing courtesan fixing her hair with the help of an attendant
Hasegawa Eishun
1725
- Medium
- Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink, color, and gofun on paper
- Dimensions
- 36 13/16 x 20 1/2 in. (93.5 x 52 cm) (image) 74 x 26 in. (188 x 66 cm) (mount) W 69 cm w/roller
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
Japan
About
The prostitute’s black outer robe (uchikake) is decorated with patterned poem cards (shikishi) inscribed with calligraphy in white and gold. She fixes her hair with both hands while an attendant (kamuro), standing beside her, offers her a comb.
