A Beauty
Gion Seitoku · early 1800s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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A Kyoto-based ukiyo-e painter, Gion Seitoku specialized in portraying women from Gion and Shimabara, licensed brothel districts in that city. He was known for detailing faces with subtle modeling to heighten a sense of realism. During the 1700s and 1800s, wearing iridescent, greenish lip gloss made from safflower was in vogue. In addition, Japanese women almost universally practiced the custom of artificially blackening their teeth with a stain. The person's lipstick is made from safflower.
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- Maker
- Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s)
- Date
- early 1800s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 139.7 x 55.8 cm (55 x 21 15/16 in.); Painting only: 56.3 x 43.1 cm (22 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
