Hell Courtesan
Kawanabe Kyôsai · 1871–89 · Museo de Arte de Cleveland
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Kawanabe Kyōsai repeated this large-scale composition with variations a number of times. In this version, a famous 15th-century courtesan known for wearing a robe with images of the Buddhist hells stands before a folding screen. Legend has it that she was abducted by bandits, and wore the garment to symbolize her belief that her suffering in her current life was punishment for sins committed in a former life. Here, in a parody depiction of the garment, the courtesan stands in for Benzaiten, the goddess of everything that flows, while the remaining members of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune appear on her outer robe. One of them reports sins to Enma, the King of Hell, who is writing out his judgments on the recently deceased. The word for longevity appears multiple times in gold and silver on her outer robe.
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Detalles
- Autor
- Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
- Fecha
- 1871–89
- Técnica
- Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
- Dimensiones
- Image: 144.2 x 67.6 cm (56 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.); Overall: 233.7 x 92.1 cm (92 x 36 1/4 in.)
- Lugar de origen
- Japan
- Colección
- Museo de Arte de Cleveland, Cleveland · No expuesta
- Procedencia
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Imagen: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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Expuesta en
- Japan’s Floating World 日本の浮世8 abr 2022 – 9 oct 2022
- Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections12 dic 2004 – 10 abr 2005
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection14 sept 1988 – 13 nov 1988
- The Year in Review for 198512 feb 1986 – 20 abr 1986
- Ukiyo-e: Floating World11 jun 1973 – 2 sept 1973
