Five Beauties

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Artist: Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)
Date: 1840
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 15 3/8 × 20 3/4 in. (39.1 × 52.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 47 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (121.3 × 65.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 47 3/4 × 28 in. (121.3 × 71.1 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.500.9.12

Courtesan Reading a Letter
Teisai Hokuba
early 1800s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009896
Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River
Teisai Hokuba
1800s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009996
Female Entertainer with Shamisen
Teisai Hokuba
early 19th century · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00014129
Taking Shelter from the Rain
Teisai Hokuba
early to mid-19th century · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016372

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.