Portrait of a Courtesan Walking

Object Details

• Artist

  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

• School/Tradition

  Ukiyo-e

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

  Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

  Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

  Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

  Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

  Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

  Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

  Ukiyo-e Exhibition (August 7, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

  Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Katsushika, Hokusai

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Portraits, Courtesan, Ukiyo-e, Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings