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A Beauty Behind a Screen

Miyagawa Chôshun · About 1750

Palette

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Artist

Miyagawa Chôshun
Japanese, 1683-1753

Date

About 1750

Type

Painting

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk

Size

30.4 × 37.1 cm (12 × 14 5/8 in.), including mount and knobs: 127.6 × 56.2 cm (50 1/4 × 22 1/8 in.)

Place

Japan

Period

18th century

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 56, colourfulness 30

Art Institute of Chicago, Avery Brundage, Frederick and Nathalie Gookin, Samuel M. Nickerson and Louise Lutz Endowments. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules