
Courtesan and Maid
A hanging scroll painting in color and gold on silk shows a courtesan in a richly patterned kimono walking beside a maid who holds a lantern. They stand on a wooden walkway above a misty, shaded landscape of water and distant bands of mist.
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)
- Date
- 1769-1825
- Medium
- Color and gold on silk
- Source
- Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
- Size
- 1052 × 3000 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1825).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art