A courtesan helping a man to dress

A hanging scroll mounted in patterned brocade borders shows a seated woman in layered patterned robes on a red-edged mat beside a blue folding screen. At the lower left, a smaller kneeling figure sits beside a low box, while a flowering plum branch rises at the left.

Artist

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820)

Date

mid 18th-early 19th century

Medium

Color and gold on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1133 × 3999 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art