id:			152427
accession number:	1985.255
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.255
updated:		2025-02-09 04:19:39.611000

Courtesan and Attendants, c. 1748–51. Attributed to Engetsudō (Japanese). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 189.8 x 64.8 cm (74 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.); painting only: 90.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.255

title:				Courtesan and Attendants
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creation date:			c. 1748–51
creation date earliest:		1743
creation date latest:		1756
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Engetsudō (Japanese)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 189.8 x 64.8 cm (74 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.); Painting only: 90.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

	title:		Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   2004-12-12T00:00:00
	<i>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113); March 18 - July 13, 2004.', 'opening_date': '2004-03-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".', 'opening_date': '2004-12-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Nathan Chaikin
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	(Nathan Chaikin)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 294
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160040

	Jenkins, Donald. “Paintings of the Floating World.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 244–260, 262–278, 238.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 1, p. 247
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160038

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