Five Beauties
Teisai Hokuba, one of the earliest and most talented pupils of Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), focused his efforts on surimono (privately commissioned woodblock prints), book illustration, and deluxe paintings of beauties like this one. His signature indicates that he was seventy years old when he painted it, near the end of his long career.
Artwork Details
- 蹄斎北馬筆 五美人図
- Title: Five Beauties
- Artist: Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1840
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions: Image: 15 3/8 × 20 3/4 in. (39.1 × 52.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 47 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (121.3 × 65.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 47 3/4 × 28 in. (121.3 × 71.1 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.9.12
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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