A Courtesan
Artist
Unknown
Artist After
Teisai Hokuba
(Japanese, 1771 - 1844)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsOverall: 31 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (79.38 × 29.21 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-83/8
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceWith Hayashi, Tokyo, Japan, by September 20, 1927;
Purchased from Hayashi by the dealer K. Matsuki, Kamakura, Japan, September 20, 1927-1932 [1];
Purchased from Matsuki, through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
NOTES:
[1] Letter from K. Matsuki to Langdon Warner, Nelson-Atkins Advisor, October 31, 1931, and "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," no. A-8, Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copies in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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