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Courtesan of Eguchi

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NOTE: All Giclee prints on PAPER are printed and cut to exact size. If you would like extra paper around your print please let us know. We can add an extra 1/4" or 1/2" of paper on all sides upon request. This selection does not apply for the stretched canvas or framed products.

SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-816214 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Animals, Asian, Elephants, Figures, Religious Artist: Shunsho, Katsukawa

Tags: Animals, Asian, Elephants, Figures, Religious

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Courtesan of Eguchi presents a richly dressed figure seated on a pale elephant amid cloud-like folds, with calligraphy on both sides of the horizontal composition. Katsukawa Shunshō’s subject connects the courtesan Tae of Eguchi with Fugen, a Buddhist deity associated with an elephant mount. The image brings worldly identity and sacred appearance together, allowing their relationship to remain central rather than treating them as simple opposites.

The ink-and-color hanging scroll on paper combines a painting dated to 1770–80 with an inscription by Butsumo Keisen added in the 1820s–30s. Those separate dates preserve the distinction between image and later writing. The work invites attention to the idea that outward appearances do not exhaust spiritual meaning, while its own layered history allows painting and inscription to speak across different moments.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Katsukawa Shunshō collection.