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Standing Beauty

Date1704 - 36

Maker Kaigetsudo Ando School Japanese, 18th century

Label TextA Ukiyo-e painter popular at the beginning of eighteenth century Edo, Kaigetsudo Ando is known as the skillful master of the portrait of a standing courtesan. He established a certain lushness in portraying his subject, emphasizing the drapery with thick ink lines and bold flowering design on the kimono with vivid colors, a particular style called Kaigetsudo bijin. Rhythmic lines at the edge and sleeves of the kimono and large-scaled iris designs on it make a perfect match with a young courtesan's voluptuous features."

Object number62.47

Photo CreditPhoto: Spike Mafford

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Refined Harmony: Decorative Arts from the Edo Period, Mar. 7, 2003 - Mar. 23, 2004. Tokyo, Japan, Suntory Museum of Art, Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum, July 25 - Sept. 6, 2009 (Kobe, Japan, Kobe City Museum, Sept. 19 - Dec. 6, 2009; Kofu, Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Dec. 23, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010; Atami, Japan, MOA Museum of Art, Mar. 13 - May 9, 2010; Fukuoka, Japan, Fukuoka Art Museum, May 23 - July 19, 2010).Published References"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 139, illus. Kawai, Masatomo, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Yukiko Sirahara, editors, "Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum", 2009, The Yomiuri Shimbun, catalogue number 50

Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund "Gift to a City: Masterworks From the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, no. 139.

Dimensions67 3/8 x 21 1/8 in. (171.1 x 53.7cm)

MediumInk and color on paper