Vernissage
Courtesan

Ikeda Eisen

Japanese, 1790–1848

Courtesan, early to mid-1800s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

113.7 × 42.3 cm (44 ¾ × 16 ¾ in.)

The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith

The woman, who is walking by a blossoming cherry tree on embankment overlooking the sea, pulls a letter from her sash.

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