Courtesan Writing a Letter, ???????, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1715, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 19 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. (49.5 × 60 cm), Paintings, Kaigetsudo Doshin (Japanese, active 1711–1736), Departing from the standard Kaigetsudo-atelier compositional formula of depicting courtesans standing and otherwise unoccupied, here Doshin depicts his subject seated and writing a letter, no doubt to a special client.
Courtesan Writing a Letter, ???????, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1715, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 19 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. (49.5 × 60 cm), Paintings, Kaigetsudo Doshin (Japanese, active 1711–1736), Departing from the standard Kaigetsudo-atelier compositional formula of depicting courtesans standing and otherwise unoccupied, here Doshin depicts his subject seated and writing a letter, no doubt to a special client