A Beauty Behind a Screen

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Artist: Miyagawa Chôshun / Japanese, 1683-1753
Date: About 1750
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Dimensions: 30.4 × 37.1 cm (12 × 14 5/8 in.), including mount and knobs: 127.6 × 56.2 cm (50 1/4 × 22 1/8 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: hanging scroll
Style: Japanese (culture or style)
Place: Japan
Department: Arts of Asia
Credit line: Avery Brundage, Frederick and Nathalie Gookin, Samuel M. Nickerson and Louise Lutz Endowments
Accession no.: 1998.524

Male Figure
Miyagawa Choshun
Edo period (1610–1868) · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001342
Spring Dancers (Manzai)
Miyagawa Choshun
early to mid-1700s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009824
Entertainment Scene
Miyagawa Choshun
c. 1710–53 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009927
Handscroll of Ten Homoerotic (Nanshoku) Scenes
Miyagawa Choshun
early 18th century · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016575

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.