# A courtesan standing near a clothes rack

**Hishikawa Sori**  
early 19th century  
Color and ink on silk  
H x W (image): 85.6 × 35.1 cm (33 11/16 × 13 13/16 in)

Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1903.274. [The museum's record](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1903.274/).

## About this work

Hishikawa Sori painted this in the early 19th century. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Ink and colour on silk.** Silk was sized with glue and alum so it would hold a crisp brushline, and mineral colours were built up in thin layers. The sheen of the weave still shows through.

### [Hishikawa Sori](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hishikawa-sori)

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Japanese
- Real size: about 34 × 14 in (86 × 35 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Subjects: Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Courtesan, Ukiyo-e, Kakemono
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1771.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1771/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-courtesan-standing-near-a-clothes-rack-si-fsg-f1903-274).