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Courtesan Stepping out of a Palanquin, c. early 1820s. Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono.
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono · 20.4 × 18 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Courtesan Stepping out of a Palanquin
- Artist
- Keisai Eisen Japanese, 1790-1848
- Date
- c. early 1820s
- Medium
- Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono
- Dimensions
- 20.4 × 18 cm (8 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.