Scene in a Brothel, Edo-Period Japanese Painting

A folding screen panel shows elegant women in patterned kimono gathered in a room with gold-toned ground. At left, a reclining woman rests on a red-edged mat while another sits beside her; at right, figures play a shamisen and converse near a dark geometric screen. Painted in full color on silk.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1615-1868

Medium

Full color and lacquer black on silk

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

3000 × 1358 px

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