Courtesan

Inscriptions

Artist's signature and seal, lower right.

Exhibition history

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

Quick Overview

Artist: Ikeda Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Date: early to mid-1800s
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Painting only: 113.7 x 42.3 cm (44 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Japanese Art
Credit line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Accession no.: 1985.253

Provenance

(Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) ?–1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1985–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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