Beauty (Taifu) / Yokoi Kinkoku

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Accession Number
1984/2.45
Title
Beauty (Taifu)
Artist
Yokoi Kinkoku
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
1761-1832
Object Creation Place
Asia
Japan
Creation Place 1
Asia
Creation Place 2
Japan
Style/Group/Movement
literati
Inscription
Inscribed by unidentified scholar; One seal; Artist's seal in lower right
Dimensions
136.8 cm x 46.7 cm (53 7/8 in. x 18 3/8 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
hanging scroll
Physical Description
A colored image of a single woman at the center of the scroll. She appears to be seated though there is nothing beneath her. Her kimono is grey with green grass designs and her under kimono is white. Her obi is a red and green stylized design. Above her head is an inscription.
Subject Matter
A single courtesan with an inscription above her written by someone named Taiga, quoting the priest Ikkyu. One of Ikkyu's sermons told of how he had encountered a beautiful courtesan that was so impressed by his teachings that she wanted to become a nun.
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464 x 1442
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Record
1984/2.45
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"Beauty (Taifu); Yokoi Kinkoku." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1984-sl-2.45/1984_2.45.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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