Red-Robed Courtesan (parody of Bodhidharma) / Kitao Masanobu / Attributed to
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.148
- Title
- Red-Robed Courtesan (parody of Bodhidharma)
- Artist
- Kitao Masanobu
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1761-1816
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock pillar print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1775-1785
- Object Creation Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Creation Place 1
- Asia
- Creation Place 2
- Japan
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo e
- Dimensions
- 91.4 cm x 20.3 cm (36 in. x 8 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- A woodblock print on paper depicting the image of a woman in a red robe and holding a smoking pipe. A corresponding poem inscribed at the top in both Chinese and Japanese.
- Subject Matter
- A female prostitute wearing a red robe with a hood, disguising herself as the Bodhidharma. This is a parody of the fact that the nickname for a prostitute was daruma, an epithet for Bodhidharma. The image depicts an equivalence between the prostiue and the patriarch Bodhidharma.
- Secondary Keywords
- buddhism
- entertainers
- people and occupations
- religion
- religions
- religious figures
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 271 x 1444
- File Size
- 56 KB
- Record
- 1960/1.148
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"Red-Robed Courtesan (parody of Bodhidharma); Kitao Masanobu; Attributed to." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-1.148/1960_1.148.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
