Courtesan in an iris-patterned robe: "June" in a series of Twelve Months / Kaigetsudô Dohan

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Accession Number
1955/1.128
Title
Courtesan in an iris-patterned robe: "June" in a series of Twelve Months
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
active 1710 - 1716
Object Creation Date
circa 1714
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Japan (nation)
Kanto (region)
Tokyo (metropolis)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Creation Place 3
Kanto (region)
Creation Place 4
Tokyo (metropolis)
Style/Group/Movement
ukiyo-e
Dimensions
63.5 cm x 30.8 cm (25 in. x 12 1/8 in.)
Century
18th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
black and white print
Physical Description
This is a large monochrome print of a courtesan wearing kimono with iris design. The courtesan is standing with her right hand in the sleeve that she raises to her chin and left hand gathering up her kimono; Her cloak with bamboo leaf and gentian flower design is slipping off her shoulder and revealing her dark kimono with iris roundels. She has long hair; her hair is tied and draped on the back. She is looking toward the right side. There is the artist’s signature and seal, and publisher’s seal on the right.
Subject Matter
This extravagantly large print is one of a very rare series issued in Edo in the 1710s by the Kaigetsudô School of artists. Perhaps designed as inexpensive substitutes for paintings, Kaigetsudô prints invariably depict courtesans swathed in magnificent bold-patterned robes, against a plain ground. The typical Kaigetsudô courtesan is a full-bodied woman who is both seductive and yet somehow beyond our reach; for all that she is on display, she remains in her own closed-off world of reveries.
(M. Graybill, Senior Curator of Asian Art, March, 2002)
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1955/1.128
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"Courtesan in an iris-patterned robe: "June" in a series of Twelve Months; Kaigetsudô Dohan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1955-sl-1.128/1955_1.128.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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